Silicon Valley is still Silicon Valley in India, says Julian Zelizer. Israel has created an export industry after using the occupied territories as a testing ground for this tech that then exports to other nations. The caricature of it is a far left bubble is just not true, he says. They do a lot of yoga. That knows no politics.
Dilbert is out of work after his creator made racist remarks. House Republicans are launching an investigation into the toxic train derailment in Ohio. Also, Twitter has cut staff yet again, and prominent Elon-backers are in the mix. Plus, Meta has jumped into the A.I. race at last, sans a chatbot. Kara and Scott are joined by Friend of Pivot Malcolm Harris on his new book, “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.”
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