Patreon Preview – 284. The Techno-Jingoism Will Continue Until Morale Improves
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English - September 19, 2023 21:42 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We discuss an interview with the latest tech billionaire, Alexandr Wang of Scale AI, to push the jingoistic position that Silicon Valley has a duty to ensure American supremacy in every domain—military, geopolitics, technology, economy—and land lucrative contracts in the process.
••• Alexandr Wang: US technologists should help preserve US military and economic leadership https://www.ft.com/content/98b0a060-0e2e-4001-a4b6-8c388c106988
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