"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

/538/ Muskism ft. Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff

On the operating system of the 21st century. Historian Quinn Slobodian and tech writer Ben Tarnoff talk to Alex Hochuli and Alex Gourevitch about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed,…

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#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/

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