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Elon Musk’s A.I.-Driven Government Coup
Manage episode 467517800 series 3399207
The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Elon Musk’s seizure of power within the U.S. government, the tech industry’s slide into right-wing politics, and how the ideology of techno-fascism is taking root in Silicon Valley. Can the populists and the technologists coexist in Donald Trump’s Washington?
This week’s reading:
- “Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency,” by Kyle Chayka
- “The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction,” by Kyle Chayka
- “Make South Africa Great Again?,” by Isaac Chotiner
- “Elizabeth Warren Fights to Defend the Consumer Protection Agency She Helped Create,” by John Cassidy
- “A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard,” by Emma Green
To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com.
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Manage episode 467517800 series 3399207
The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Elon Musk’s seizure of power within the U.S. government, the tech industry’s slide into right-wing politics, and how the ideology of techno-fascism is taking root in Silicon Valley. Can the populists and the technologists coexist in Donald Trump’s Washington?
This week’s reading:
- “Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency,” by Kyle Chayka
- “The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction,” by Kyle Chayka
- “Make South Africa Great Again?,” by Isaac Chotiner
- “Elizabeth Warren Fights to Defend the Consumer Protection Agency She Helped Create,” by John Cassidy
- “A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard,” by Emma Green
To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices154 episodes
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