PODCAST! The Book that Should Have Been a MAGA Hat
by Dave Karpf and Joe MacLeod and Maria Bustillos
Professor of political communication at George Washington University Dave Karpf talks with Maria Bustillos about Palantir CEO Alexander Karp’s weirdo manifesto/defense contract pitch, and the “small-minded people with such large bank accounts” of Silicon Valley.
“So much of what we are calling capitalism today is just weird gambling shit!” — Dave Karp(f)
(TIL THE F IS SILENT Y’ALL so please remember: Good Karpf, Bad Karp.)
Joe MacLeod pressed the RECORD button.
Listen on Apple/Spotify/RSS/plus more options at pod.link
Flaming Hydra
MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST
“Palantir Goes to the Frankfurt School,” by Moira Weigel
“Survival tips for Sebastian Gorka, PhD,” by Daniel W. Drezner
The Technological Republic, by Alex Karp
“The Three Types of Money Behind Silicon Valley’s Rise,” by Dave Karpf
Alex Karp’s 22-part Twitter Manifesto
“Aggression in der Lebenswelt,” the PhD dissertation of Alexander C. Karp
“The Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” by Marc Andreessen
“A.J. Daulerio, bloodied but unbowed,” by Maria Bustillos
Close to the Machine, by Ellen Ullman
The Contrarian, by Max Chafkin
Keynesian beauty contest
