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This isn’t about social media, this is about authoritarianism. This is what happens when one person has too much power and exercises it willy-nilly. Not only can no one stop him (or her!), a good percentage of the population supports them. That’s right, Elon Musk is now a hero to the right. Which is kind […]

“Washington Post” tech correspondent Taylor Lorenz is the number one reporter on social media. We go through all the platforms, their history and where they are going. Taylor is deep into it, she’s not only a scribe, but a player in the sphere. She’s the one you need to listen to! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taylor-lorenz/id1316200737?i=1000590266784 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/a5bcc66a-8375-4362-b9f8-b7d56fb16c98/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-taylor-lorenz https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/taylor-lorenz-209855193

You can’t avoid Elon Musk. There are only three superstars in America today, Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Kanye West. You can’t avoid them, everybody knows who they are and everybody has an opinion on them. Used to be records were ubiquitous, now it’s people. This is what the internet has wrought. For a minute […]