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How Shareholders Are Destroying The Tech Industry
The shareholder supremacy has eaten the tech industry, driving private and public companies to chase unprofitable, unsustainable ideas like generativ…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Shareholder Supremacy
In this episode, Ed Zitron tracks the history of the growth-at-all-costs rot economy to a court case in 1916 that established the Shareholder Suprema…
1 year, 11 months ago
I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again Ft. Nik Suresh & Robert Evans
A few weeks ago, an Australian tech worker called Nik Suresh wrote an evisceration of the current AI hype boom called "I Will F**king Piledrive You I…
1 year, 11 months ago
Where Did Tech's Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz and Michael Fisher
In a special live-to-tape episode of Better Offline, Ed is joined by The Verge's Alex Cranz and YouTube influencer Michael Fisher to talk about what …
2 years ago
The Onion Knight Ft. Ben Collins
In April, The Onion was acquired by a new entity called Global Tetrahedron, revealed shortly thereafter to be a joint venture between billionaire Jef…
2 years ago
Let Tim Cook
Last week, Apple announced that they're integrating artificial intelligence into your iPhone and Mac in a stunningly demure and reserved presentation…
2 years ago
Sam Altman Is Dangerous To Silicon Valley
In this episode, Ed Zitron walks through how Sam Altman's ridiculous promises about the future of artificial intelligence could be ruinous for Silico…
2 years ago
The Talented Mr. Altman
Sam Altman has used his power and influence to become a multi-billionaire with stakes in hundreds of startups, but behind the curtain, he's never run…
2 years ago
The Rot-Com Bust
In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through what happens when tech's growth-at-all-costs epoch begins to collapse, and how the only way to save Sili…
2 years ago
The Rot-Com Bubble
Tech's hyper-growth era is ending, with online 100 million new people getting online between 2022 and 2023, and almost every major web platform seein…
2 years ago