On this week’s episode of The Riff, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss tricky antitrust decisions, Balaji’s Network State, the dynamics of content moderation, and more.
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LINKS:
Byrne’s writing: https://thediff.co
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:23) Paradox of antitrust in tech
(03:00) Consumer welfare vs. market dominance
(09:48) Lina Khan
(13:29) Sponsors: Babbel | Brave
(15:53) Corporate social responsibility and privatization
(20:28) AI trust and the impact of fake content
(26:48) Technical inputs into AI
(31:40) Absurdity heuristic
(32:24) Exploring intangible capital
(39:05) Network States and organizational challenges
(48:13) Politics and social media dynamics
(55:34) Conservative and progressive elites
(01:00:26) Wrap
