AI is devouring centuries of human knowledge - but the humans behind the knowledge aren’t seeing royalties. MIT Economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social explain why that needs to change.
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MIT economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social look at what can be done to assure that artificial intelligence does more than just automating human jobs. New pod out now!
When will the workforce begin to feel the full effects of AI? Jon welcomes MIT economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social to discuss what the technology will do to work, learning, and our collective economic future. New pod out tomorrow!
Jon weighs in on TDS, the show vs. the syndrome.
The crypto industry has and will spend whatever it needs to in an effort to advance its interests in Washington DC. Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss.
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Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss the shaky grounds that crypto speculation has been built on our actual financially precarious system.
Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social think the crypto profiteering of oligarchs, arms dealers and corporate titans should be a bigger news story.
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Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social, director of "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" discuss ⬇️:
>> “Welcome to Crypto, B*tch!”
>> Cryptocurrency - The Bad & The Bad
>> Ominously Anonymous Transactions?
>> TDS vs. TDS
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@benmckenzie.bsky.social on how crypto helps criminals and hostile states evade sanctions — and how Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick profits from it.
“It’s a multi-level marketing scheme.” Getting to know the boom and bust world of crypto with @benmckenzie.bsky.social, whose new doc “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” explores the harsh truths of the industry. New pod out now!
Trump’s meme coin was a classic grift - yet the crypto industry keeps cozying up to him. "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" director @benmckenzie.bsky.social breaks down all things crypto on tomorrow’s pod.
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What is the antidote to authoritarianism: morality or competence? @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social offers an answer.
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“It’s frankly embarrassing.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social discusses the ways the US has failed to keep pace with the world and what the future might look like.
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Does Jon miss the simpler days of QAnon?
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Imperialism and exploitation have historically always lead to revolutions. Jon and @hcrichardson.bsky.social discuss the limits of the system those in power have constructed.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social thinks Trump’s many failures may be an opportunity for regular people to reassert their will on politics.
“He is not mentally okay.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social makes sense of Trump’s senseless management of the country.
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Jon and @hcrichardson.bsky.social discuss ⬇️:
>> Trump vs. History
>> Organizing Anxiety
>> Congress’s Cowardice
>> Trump’s Name Game & QAnon
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“One of the things that I think we are seeing is the American people waking up and saying, well, hey, if you guys aren’t going to be using your power for us, we’d kind of like it back.” Understanding the Washington DC power dynamics under Trump with @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
Trump’s second term is a speed run of exploiting loopholes. On an all-new episode @hcrichardson.bsky.social joins us to look at how citizens can move past this moment. Out now!