Patreon Preview – 470. Choking on Data Exhaust
We chat about Ed’s engagement with communities pushing back against data center development in Tulsa, plus some major reporting showing the sheer scale of fossil-fuelled data center development in the...
12 Aug 8min
469. The Maniacs are Running the Asylum (ft. Nikhil Suresh)
We’re joined by Nik Suresh, director of Hermit Tech and excellent blogger on the software industry. You might know Nik for an incredible essay he wrote a couple years ago about piledriving anybody who...
6 Aug 1h 39min
Patreon Preview – 468. Vibes Make the World Go Round
First we get into a very circular (the strongest shape in nature) deal between Nvidia, OpenAI, and Softbank to finance a $250 billion 10-gigawatt data center complex, powered by a natural gas plant bu...
30 Juli 9min
467. Industrial Policy by Other Means (ft. Matt Haugen, Jesse Goldstein)
We chat with Matt Haugen and Jesse Goldstein from the Climate + Community Institute about a new report they co-authored laying out how the US is engaging in industrial policy for AI development in way...
24 Juli 1h 25min
Patreon Preview – 466. I’m Evil as Shit
We first open a door by talking about the great new ‘right to repair’ ruling from the FTC, which is the result of a long fight against rentier monopolies and digital enclosure, and should be precedent...
18 Juli 10min
465. Malcolm X1 Technologies
We chat all about the growing market for humanoid robots. What are the financial incentives and social ideologies driving the creation of technologies designed to directly mimic (and replace) humans—e...
10 Juli 1h 25min
Patreon Preview – 464. Pep Rally
Miracle cures! Get your miracle cures! What the hell are peptides? Why is this class of black/gray market drugs on everyone’s lips and being injected into everybody’s veins? Where did this multi-billi...
2 Juli 7min
463. The Abuse is the Point (ft. Ben Somers)
(Sorry we’re a little late; blame producer pneumonia) We open the nightmare world folder and go through a series of stories about technology, surveillance, and policing. Cops using AI to generate “evi...
26 Juni 1h 33min
