The Weekly Stewart This Week
Updated: Jul 22
On this “The Weekly Show” podcast with Jon Stewart, the show writes, “As Elon Musk stands to become the world's first trillionaire through the SpaceX IPO, Jon is joined by Quinn Slobodian, co-author of the new book "Muskism," to understand how we arrived at this moment of tech oligarchy. Together, they explore how Musk built a trillion-dollar empire on government money and then used that empire to capture the government itself, and discuss how we can renegotiate the balance of power between public interest and private wealth. Plus, Jon answers listener questions about Trump’s amazing and enthusiastic boo-cheers, CNN, and Taco Bell, yet again! “
The show provides a "breakdown" of when specific topics are covered during the conversation, so you can jump to the sections that most interest you. These time codes are hyperlinked to the video and will jump you automatically to the right spot.
0:00 Intro
3:38 Quinn Slobodian Joins
21:35 The Rise of SpaceX and Tesla
33:38 The DOGE Ideology
38:40 The Stock Market as a Social Contract
51:30 Effective Altruism and "Longtermism" in Tech
57:50 X's Importance to Musk
1:05:00 Grass Roots Resistance to Muskism
1:20:50 Wrap-up
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