Patreon Preview 335. Seto Kaiba is My Role Model

Published: April 19, 2024, 1:41 a.m.

b'First we eulogize the dream deferred of Neom, then we add more lore to Palmer Luckey who, as we find out, has modeled his whole life on a literal-minded interpretation of a character from Yu-Gi-Oh!, then we talk more about the conspiratorial and immaterial thinking of the China-TikTok Hawks, finally we heap praise on a very astute essay about the material reality of SHEIN.\\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/saudis-scale-back-ambition-for-1-5-trillion-desert-project-neom \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 How Silicon Valley\\u2019s \\u2018Oppenheimer\\u2019 found lucrative trade in AI weapons https://www.ft.com/content/ce6f96f8-6ab8-4089-b7db-f99db22c2071\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Super Cute Please Like https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/reviews/super-cute-please-like/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\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)'