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    Ep 5: The super-technocrat of them all

    Ep 5: The super-technocrat of them all

    FromThe Santiago Boys

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    Ep 5: The super-technocrat of them all

    FromThe Santiago Boys

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    Length:
    63 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 22, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Stafford Beer suddenly faces stinging accusations from radical British leftists. Is he engineering a cybernetic Big Brother? Meanwhile, Allende battles a political whirlwind, abandoned by the Kremlin and unable to fully overcome Washington's invisible blockade.
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    Released:
    Jul 22, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (10)

    The Santiago Boys is a nine-part podcast about a group of radical utopians around Salvador Allende, Chile's socialist president. Undeterred by the Cold War and machinations of their enemies and aided by an eccentric British consultant, they try to wrestle control over technology from multinationals and intelligence agencies and use it to create a more egalitarian economy. As their dream gets crushed by Pinochet's bloody coup, the Santiago Boys find an unexpected afterlife - and in Silicon Valley of all places. The series is written and presented by Evgeny Morozov, a leading technology critic.