This Week in Tech 786: The Chickenization of America

Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation

Remembering Chadwick BosemanElon Musk demonstrates Neurallink: trepanning a PigWhat is Palantir doing?Apple vs Epic: how anti-competitive is Apple, and what should the government do about this?TikTok This Week: Walmart Enters the Fray; why TikTok is DangerousAmazon announces Halo, a subscription fitness wearable and platform that can tell when you are angryCory Doctorow on Shoshanna Zuboff: how to destroy Surveillance Capitalism and the Chickenization of AmericaThe effects of monopolism: why your glasses cost $700 and wages have dropped over the past 50 years.How legislation defends monopolies, and how lobbyists have destroyed democracyHow to fix Facebook: more choices in Social MediaCyberwar with China: the TikTok eraHow conspiracy theories workThe difficulties of teaching and learning via ZoomChatterbox: one of the best ways to learn in the COVID AgeLife in the COVID age: it could be a lot worseOhDoctah on Black Lives Matter, and his personal experiences with racist Police

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Cory Doctorow, and Mike Elgan

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