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David Parsons and guest Justin Rogers-Cooper discuss the implications of Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire and the current state of the AI industry.

This is a free preview of a subscribers only episode. CLICK HERE to hear the full episode with FREE 7-day trial. With news that Elon Musk in the world's first trillionaire after the historic SpaceX IPO, Justin joins me to discuss the financial gamesmanship at work in the AI industry, the planetary limits of this particular phase of capitalism, and the reasons why the #TeslaTakedown moment is long in the past.

People in this episode

Host: David Parsons

Guest: Justin Rogers-Cooper

Topics covered

• AI industry
• capitalism
• financial gamesmanship
• SpaceX IPO
• Tesla

Keywords

• Elon Musk
• trillionaire
• SpaceX
• AI
• capitalism
• Tesla

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Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla

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