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billionaires should not exist

exhibit 1

"#VCqanon" and the radicalization of the tech tycoons by @anildash

Krugman quotes, "it's impossible to overstate the degree to which many big tech CEOs and venture capitalists are being radicalized by living within their own cultural and social bubble."

https://www.anildash.com/2023/07/07/vc-qanon

"VC qanon" and the radicalization of the tech tycoons - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Jul 16, 2023 at 8:12amWeb
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exhibit 2

“Many people resist believing this can be the case, because we've been fed so much of the "Great Man" myth, and are told so often to believe in these people as the innovators and brilliant minds that will bring us to some exciting promised future."

https://web.archive.org/web/20230709095120/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/opinion/robert-kennedy-jr-silicon-valley.html

Opinion | The Rich Are Crazy for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Why does Silicon Valley love RFK Jr.?

The New York Times
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exhibit 3

by @nitashatiku

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/ai-apocalypse-college-students/?mc_cid=2622455cb4

How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse

Student-led groups focused on AI Safety have popped up at Stanford University and other schools, backed by billionaires fixated on the AI apocalypse

The Washington Post
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exhibit 4

by @taylorlorenz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing

Far-right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme

The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Clair.

The Washington Post
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exhibit 5

deep dive by @Rushkoff

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff

The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse

Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences

The Guardian
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exhibit 6

deep dive by @adriandaub

https://logicmag.io/what-tech-calls-thinking

What Tech Calls Thinking | Logic(s) Magazine

A Stanford professor’s dismantling of Silicon Valley’s intellectual origins, by Adrian Daub. Published by FSG Originals & Logic.

Logic(s) Magazine
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billionaires should not exist

exhibit 7

deep dive by @annmlipton

https://esq.social/@annmlipton/110717479457785089

Ann Lipton (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images What paper? I'm so glad you asked - it's this one: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4442029

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