E271 - Muskism w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

Podcast: American Prestige · Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. It’s Tech Day here at AP, so Danny and Derek speak with Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University, and writer Ben Tarnoff, co-authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, about Elon Musk's role in contemporary capitalism. They discuss Fordism and Muskism; the influence of apartheid South Africa on Musk's approach to production; his vision of AI and human-machine integration; the political significance of his acquisition of Twitter; DOGE's expansion of government data collection and immigration enforcement; and the potential for re...