The Story Telling Trick

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i wanted to look at it from like a literary point of view and inspect kind of ta gray area where being a cult leader and being a story teller kind of overlapped. i think what was funny about that is that, if you look at the law of scientology, it's so trite that it would be very hard to imagine anybody excited by a story like that. Mosk does the exact same thing. And as we've established, the stuff that he says about telepathy and self sustaining mars colonies and our future as an interplanetary species, he has no basis for any of that stuff. I mean, who cares what he tries to do? What he actually doing

Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories he makes result in a cult-like devotion by those who follow him.

Ilari Kaila is a Finnish-American writer and Composer-in-Residence at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work has been published by Aeon Magazine, Jacobin Magazine, Muftah Magazine, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and others. Read his blog post about how Elon Musk is a cult leader at LimitedHangoutBlog.com and follow him on Twitter as @IlariKaila.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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