"On the operating system of the 21st century.

Historian #QuinnSlobodian and tech writer #BenTarnoff talk to Alex Hochuli and Alex Gourevitch about their new book, "#Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed", and why we should ask "what is #Musk a symptom of?"

Who is the real Musk, that of vehicles, energy, infrastructure, or that of the post-industrial stuff of social media, finance, AI?"

https://pca.st/episode/e84d38e5-eb3e-48a8-97b4-195c24afce3c

#BenTarnoff’s review of #WalterIsaacson’s #ElonMusk follows the advice about writing from Aristotle that he mentions within: the last sentence is predictable yet surprising. And sooo sooo good. Bravo.

No gift links, unfortunately.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/01/18/ultra-hardcore-elon-musk-walter-isaacson/

unhappy internet at the centenary of the Frankfurt School, the year of Musk
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/12-oct-23-moira-weigel-elon-musks-unhappy-internet

#OrdinaryUnhappiness #Parapraxis #ParapraxisMagazine #MoiraWeigel #BenTarnoff #publicInternet #twitter #ElonMusk

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3927-internet-for-the-people

#book #BenTarnoff
#InternetForThePeople
#VersoBook review

@MusiqueNow

#BenTarnoff you mean

Tech Won't Save Us: Privatizing the Internet Was a Mistake w/ Ben Tarnoff

Episode webpage: http://techwontsave.us/

Media file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/10762168-privatizing-the-internet-was-a-mistake-w-ben-tarnoff.mp3

#internet #techwontsaveus #podcast #privatization #bentarnoff