In this episode, Whitney is joined by Iain Davis to discuss his recent article series on the philosophy and political theories that motivate the PayPal Mafia and their most prominent members like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
Originally published 03/31/25.
Links discussed:
- The PayPal Presidency Pt. 1: Biotech and Biosurveillance with Max Jones
- The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 1
- The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 2
- 8:54 The Network State
- 29:19 The age of AI : and our human future : Kissinger, Schmidt: Internet Archive
- 33:54 Technocracy Inc. 1934
- 43:55 North American Technate Map
- 50:19 Balaji Tweets 1, 2, 3
- 51:53 SDG16: Part 1 — Building the Global Police State
- 51:53 SDG16: Part 2 — Enforcing Digital Identity
- 55:30 C40 Cities – A global network of mayors taking urgent climate action
- 56:42 Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup
- 1:32:36 The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
- 1:33:17 Techno Optimist Manifesto
- 1:44:00 How Peter Thiel-Linked Tech is Fueling the Ukraine War
- 1:45:29 How the CIA, Mossad and “the Epstein Network” are Exploiting Mass Shootings to Create an Orwellian Nightmare
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Chapters
00:00:54 – PayPal Presidency Part I: Biotech and Biosurveillance with Max Jones
00:08:26 – What is Technocracy?
00:15:51 – Elon Musk – First Executive Level Technocrat
00:19:55 – AI
00:23:38 – xAI
00:29:19 – The Age of AI – And Our Human Future – Kissinger, Schmidt
00:33:54 – Technocracy Inc. (1934)
00:40:11 – What is a Technate?
00:43:55 – North American Technate Map
00:50:17 – Balaji Srinivasan
00:56:42 – Universal Ledger
01:05:25 – Identity Politics
01:12:51 – Curtis Yarvin and Nick Land
01:32:36 – Marc Andreessen
01:43:23 – Palantir in Ukraine
01:45:29 – Palantir in the US and Pre-Crime
01:50:23 – Why are they building these systems if they don’t intend to use them?
01:55:28 – Closing thoughts
