Topics & People
A term used by the hosts to describe an ideological contagion that forces historical revisionism and masks leadership incompetence.
Renewable power sources which require massively higher inputs of copper compared to traditional baseload generation.
Elon Musk's legal action against OpenAI and its leadership. He alleges a breach of the founding agreement to remain an open-source non-profit for the benefit of humanity.
The practice of secretly de-boosting accounts or posts on a social media platform. Musk confirmed its extensive use at old Twitter through the release of the Twitter Files, contrary to the company's previous denials.
The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, which occurred three years prior to the podcast. The discussion covers the motivations (restoring free speech), the state of the company at the time of takeover, and the subsequent changes.
A major piece of tax legislation passed under the Trump administration. Mentioned as a tax cut whose benefits went primarily to the wealthiest.
Conflict between social groups and the struggle for dominance of their values, beliefs, and practices. Discussed in relation to identity politics in the Democratic party.
The framework of state taxation; Steve Hilton proposes making the first $150k tax-free to alleviate the cost of living.
The US federal cabinet department where Pete Buttigieg served as Secretary. He discusses his work there on infrastructure and aviation.
The US aviation regulator, used as a comparison for slow and restrictive regulatory processes.