Elon Musk’s A.I.-Driven Government Coup
The Political Scene Podcast“For a long time, Silicon Valley has wanted to try to replace the government, and has thought that they would be better at governing the country than, you know, the Democrats and the Republicans alike,” the staff writer Kyle Chayka says.Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Elon Musk’s seizure of power within the U.S. government, the tech industry’s slide into right-wing politics, and how the ideology of techno-fascism is taking root in Silicon Valley. Can the populists and the technologists coexist in Donald Trump’s Washington?This week’s reading:“Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency,” by Kyle Chayka“The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction,” by Kyle Chayka“Make South Africa Great Again?,” by Isaac Chotiner“Elizabeth Warren Fights to Defend the Consumer Protection Agency She Helped Create,” by John Cassidy“A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard,” by Emma GreenTune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.
“For a long time, Silicon Valley has wanted to try to replace the government, and has thought that they would be better at governing the country than, you know, the Democrats and the Republicans alike,” the staff writer Kyle Chayka says.
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen
Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.
The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Elon Musk’s seizure of power within the U.S. government, the tech industry’s slide into right-wing politics, and how the ideology of techno-fascism is taking root in Silicon Valley. Can the populists and the technologists coexist in Donald Trump’s Washington?
This week’s reading:
- “Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency,” by Kyle Chayka
- “The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction,” by Kyle Chayka
- “Make South Africa Great Again?,” by Isaac Chotiner
- “Elizabeth Warren Fights to Defend the Consumer Protection Agency She Helped Create,” by John Cassidy
- “A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard,” by Emma Green
Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.
