Jill Lepore untangles the strange sci-fi roots of Silicon Valley's extreme capitalism - with its extravagant, existential and extra-terrestrial plans to save humanity. In this world, stock prices can ...Show More
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epekilis recommended:Feb 14th, 2022
I’ve heard a number of podcasts about the fundamental connection between science fiction and real science, particularly engineering. This is the first one I’ve heard that explored the linkage between science fiction and business.
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mm recommended:Feb 14th, 2022
What a friggin fantastic podcast! This is definitely going on my all-time favourites list. I 100% did *not* expect a podcast about Elon Musk to into the origins of X, sci-fi, history of math, classic literature, second wave feminism, imperialism, history of gender, race, apartheid, comic books, Holl...Show More
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podcastplaylist recommended:Nov 30th, 2021
"The Evening Rocket explores Musk's strange new kind of extravagant, extreme capitalism — call it Muskism — where stock prices are driven by earnings, and also by fantasies."