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Lord of the Swarms: Who to Trust in an Age of AI Agents?
Episode 3025
“I trust them to kiss the government’s ass. I don’t trust them to serve me.” — Keith Teare
Who to trust in an age of AI agents? Especially when it se…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Trickle-Down Morality of a Free-Market Girl: Stephanie Slade on Libertarian Fusionism
Episode 3024
“We all kinda secretly at some level wanna use power against our enemies.” — Stephanie Slade
Earlier this week, Silicon Valley heretic Paulina Borsoo…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Cashing In on Chaos: Finn Brunton on Polymarket, Polycrisis and the Casinoification of American Life
Episode 3023
“If a society cannot find a way to deal with something that is actively melting it from within, then that is a terminal symptom.” — Finn Brunton
A co…
1 month ago
The Mother of Silicon Valley Heresy: Paulina Borsook on the Second Coming of Cyberselfish
Episode 3022
“On my headstone, it would say: I was always right. I never lied, and no one paid any attention to me.” — Paulina Borsook
A quarter of a century ago,…
1 month ago
Opening the Book of Genocides: Graphic Artist Dana Mashoian Walrath Draws Humanity’s Worst Crime
Episode 3021
“We’re hardwired for love. We are taught to do violence, and to hate.” — Dana Mashoian Walrath
A couple of months ago in Warsaw, the Polish writer an…
1 month ago
The Death of the Internet and of You: John West on Why We Aren’t Gods
Episode 3020
“We have deluded ourselves into thinking that we are as gods, and we are not.” — John West
Back in 2006, at the height of Web 2.0 optimism, Time made…
1 month ago
Breaking ICE: Sonali Kolhatkar Explains Why Only the People Can Save the American Republic
Episode 3019
“It’s a dying gasp of white supremacy — and I say dying with a caveat, because that part depends on us.” — Sonali Kolhatkar
Yesterday, Wendy Lesser s…
1 month ago
What Berlin Teaches Us About Resisting Tyranny: Wendy Lesser’s Cautionary Mirror for Our Times
Episode 3018
“Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” — Wendy Lesser
“Ich bin ein Berliner” (I Am a Berliner), JFK famously said in West Berlin on J…
1 month ago
A Global Storm in a Capitalist Teacup? Jeremy Adelman on Why There’s No Exit to the Market
Episode 3017
“There’s no exit in capitalism.” — Jeremy Adelman
Is that ongoing quarrel of modern politics, the battle over capitalism, just a storm in a teacup? E…
1 month ago
Before Abe Was Lincoln: Jonathan Earle on the Most Important Election in American History
Episode 3016
“Seward had all the money and Seward had all the bullies. Lincoln didn’t have money or bullies, but by God, he had the people.” — Jonathan Earle
Yest…
1 month, 1 week ago