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b"We check in on our old friends/enemies at the New York Time, then get to some listener mail about effective altruism, all before offering a smart, nuanced, and critical defense of the CIA. You see, it\\u2019s not that we are angry, we are just disappointed at the CIA\\u2019s continual failure to live up to its own potential for greatness. \\n\\nStuff we reference:\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Has the C.I.A. Done More Harm Than Good? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/10/has-the-cia-done-more-harm-than-good \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 The Responsibility of Intellectuals https://chomsky.info/19670223/ \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 It's Lonely in the Metaverse: Decentraland\\u2019s 38 Daily Active Users in a $1.3B Ecosystem https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/10/07/its-lonely-in-the-metaverse-decentralands-38-daily-active-users-in-a-13b-ecosystem/ \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 \\u2018The Cash Monster Was Insatiable\\u2019: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)"