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Silicon Valley’s Galactic Colony Fetish, w/ Alina Utrata | Ep. 173
Silicon Valley’s Galactic Colony Fetish, w/ Alina Utrata | Ep. 173
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54 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2023
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Description
How do the space-colony visions of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos meaningfully differ? What does a company like Space-X have in common with the old imperial company-states, like the British East India Company? And why are billionaire bros obsessed with “political exit” projects like seasteading and galactic escapism? We tackle all that and more with Alina Utrata, a scholar whose new article in American Political Science Review called, “Engineering Territory: Space and Colonies in Silicon Valley” is a banger.Morris Cohen, Property and SovereigntyRobert Nichols, Theft is PropertyAlina’s PodcastSubscribe to Alina’s NewsletterSubscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com
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Dec 19, 2023
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