Recommendations of the Editorial team
Since the first day of Donald Trump’s second day, it has appeared that America just watched the US president and his followers radically rebuild the country. The authoritarian turn seems to correspond to a long -developed plan that makes media to minorities to institutions contemptuous, which does not fit into its own world view.
Behind all the social formatting, experts suspect the active ideological support from Silicon Valley. Elon Musk, Marc Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and many others do not turn against Trump, they even cooperate with him and the ideas of his government. And: they want to abolish the state and colonize space.
A six-part podcast series with the title “Tech Bro Topia” Now tries to come from the worldview of this billionaire from California, which has come to gigantic wealth and influence, who dream of a future ruled by nerds, which would probably describe many as dark and authoritarian.
What do Musk and Co. actually want to achieve?
The Deutschlandfunk documentary series asks how the self-image of this little elite that could hardly be shocked and why they accept, with their skill and, last but not least, to want to bring humanity on a new way. Above all, however, the hypothesis also hoverses that it is no longer the governments of the world that lead our fortunes.
In addition to thoughts on Facebook, Amazon, Google, Tesla and Co. For the podcast series, talk guests from home and abroad were spoken, including Max More, pioneer of transhumanism, and also Christian Angermayer. The tech billionaire is a friend of Peter Thiel and has a close connection to the Trump family.
Successful podcast continues
“Tech Bro Topia” continues the “Peter Thiel Story” from Deutschlandfunk, which developed into one of the success formats of the radio station on the Internet. The podcast is moderated by actress Banafshe Hourmazdi (“Futur Drei”). The format was developed by Jenny Genzmer, Jaya Mirani, Philipp Snow and Hartwig Vens.
“Tech Bro Topia” is now available in the Deutschlandfunk app and on all known podcast platforms.