Technofascist Manifestos with Eddie Kim

One of our tech overlords, Mark Zuckerberg recently published a manifesto in the Wall Street Journal describing why we should cheerlead him on his quest for infinite growth and profits.

Eddie Kim writes for the anti-generative AI outlet Gazetteer SF, and several of his recent pieces contend with why Marc Andreesen (venture capitalist, Andreesen Horowitz/a16z), Alex Karp (co-founder with Peter Thiel of surveillance giant Palantir), and Zuckerberg keep larping as Aristotle.

Also discussed: Crime reporting that only takes into account press releases from the District Attorney and Mayor's offices, how tech media article slop fed the AI bubble, and the Luigi Mangione effect.

Eddie for Gazetteer:

Asshole shrugged [on Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto]

The banality of Palantir's evil airport ad

Eddie on Twitter/X

Mark Zuckerberg for the Wall Street Journal: The AI Future Is for Everyone

Palantir on Twitter/X: The Technological Republic

CNBC: New CNBC Generation Lab poll shows almost half of 18- to 34-year-olds see democratic socialism positively

Most recent PatronScan coverage from Cydney Hayes: 'Members of the LGBTQ+ community have legitimate reasons to be sensitive about privacy'

Thom Waite (Dazed): Techno-fascist fashion: Why Silicon Valley is moving into menswear

Episodes:

Enter the Panopticon with Ian Firstenberg

Aesthetics of the New Rightwing Tech Intelligentsia with Jimmy Wu

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