Episodes

  • Silicon Valley vs Pope Leo XIV

    Silicon Valley vs Pope Leo XIV
    Apr 17 2026
    Is technology making you feel helpless? According to this analysis of the writings on Peter Thiel’s philosophy and the Pope Leo XIV, there is a reason why: Silicon Valley is trying to engineer power away from existing, often democratic, institutions. Around 6.40 in the Google LLM Notebook generated dialogue, it discusses the Silicon Valley ideology that seeks to shift power away from physical stakes, institutions and governments. Some quotes: “The Silicon Valley business strategy inevitably morphs into a profound political vision. The sources identify a fascinating generational tension at play here. Thiel and his cohort basically belong to Generation X, okay? […]
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    16 mins
  • Silicon Valley versus Pope Leo

    Silicon Valley versus Pope Leo
    Apr 17 2026
    Is technology making you feel helpless? According to this analysis of the writings on Peter Thiel’s philosophy and the Pope Leo XIV, there is a reason why: Silicon Valley is trying to engineer power away from existing, often democratic, institutions. Around 6.40 in the Google LLM Notebook generated dialogue, it discusses the Silicon Valley ideology that seeks to shift power away from physical stakes, institutions and governments. Some quotes: “The Silicon Valley business strategy inevitably morphs into a profound political vision. The sources identify a fascinating generational tension at play here. Thiel and his cohort basically belong to Generation X, okay? […]
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    16 mins
  • Silicon Valley versus Pope Leo

    Silicon Valley versus Pope Leo
    Apr 17 2026
    Is technology making you feel helpless? According to this analysis of the writings on Peter Thiel’s philosophy and the Pope Leo XIV, there is a reason why: Silicon Valley is trying to engineer power away from existing, often democratic, institutions. Around 6.40 in the Google LLM Notebook generated dialogue, it discusses the Silicon Valley ideology that seeks to shift power away from physical stakes, institutions and governments. Some quotes: “The Silicon Valley business strategy inevitably morphs into a profound political vision. The sources identify a fascinating generational tension at play here. Thiel and his cohort basically belong to Generation X, okay? […]
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    16 mins
  • Information overabundance and narrative in the Trump-era

    Information overabundance and narrative in the Trump-era
    Mar 14 2026
    It’s been a while…I’m trying something new…The sources discussed in this Google LLM Notebook generated audio are posts by former Russian Oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and US journalist Heidi Siegmund Cuda. They discuss the reality of journalism in a time of information overabundance. They also and the way bad-faith voices can continually hijack the political agenda of democracies. (This is a hobby podcast, and its content is independent of my workplace. CZ)
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    16 mins
  • Summit for Democracy, a contest against chaos… (from 2021)

    Summit for Democracy, a contest against chaos… (from 2021)
    Mar 13 2026
    …and information disorder, untruths, trolling, disinformation. The virtual event is an effort to resurrect the global language of democracy after its rough start in the new century. One of the traits of this era is escalating complexity of systems. No form of government knows that better than liberal democracy — just look at the news and social media feeds in a democratic country on any given day. So it’s crucial in this time that there is a way to conceive of democracy simply, and as a whole.
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    10 mins