Support our work: http://novara.media/support The most powerful CEO in history is barely a person anymore. But it’s not just his X-addled brain that has transformed him. Elon Musk has deeply integrated himself into the ‘cyborg collective’ – a world of electrons, brain implants, fantastical promises, bots, and memes. Henry Ford gave his name to Fordism. According to historian Quinn Slobodian and technologist Ben Tarnoff, we’re entering a globe-spanning era of capitalism we might soon call ‘Muskism’. They’re the authors of *Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.* It’s a whistle-stop tour of the world that made Musk, from the fortress futurism of Apartheid South Africa to the financial fabulations of the Bay Area and the cyborg world that Musk is now making for all of us. They told Richard Hames about Musk’s massive power grab in space, his plan for brain implants, his obsession with prepping for the end of the world, and how Musk has come to define an entirely new way of making technology. Do Your Own Research is a new video podcast from Novara Media about the systems that make the modern world possible. Join Richard Hames as he attempts to map everything that has ever mattered, and everything that ever will. Music by Iglooghost. 00:00 - The Cyborg CEO: What is Musk-ism? 08:15 - The Orbital Land Grab: X, AI, and SpaceX 22:24 - Fortress Futurism: Origins in South Africa 33:53 - Vertical Integration & The Rejection of Globalism 40:45 - Technocracy & The “Rule of Engineers” 53:15 - Attention Alchemy: Turning Tweets into Billions 01:07:27 - The “Woke Mind Virus” & The Biden Era Conflict 01:17:10 - Palantir & The State 01:28:32 - The New Robber Baron 01:39:13 - Carbon, Contractor, & The Future of Musk Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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