Congratulations on this work, Matt! It's wonderful to hear it out in the world after so much hard work. Given how much discussions of American billionaire oligarchs have been threaded through political discussion this week, you could not have planned the release of this episode at a better time if you tried!! I love how slowly you run th…
Congratulations on this work, Matt! It's wonderful to hear it out in the world after so much hard work. Given how much discussions of American billionaire oligarchs have been threaded through political discussion this week, you could not have planned the release of this episode at a better time if you tried!! I love how slowly you run through the contradiction that shapes any form of philanthropy - that when it comes to people are using their extreme wealth to bypass governments and democratic institutions to spend that wealth on causes that support, we can't applaud it when it seems to suit us and then decry it when it's The Other Side (ie Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc, etc, etc). None of them should be accruing control of the kind of endless, self-perpetuating wealth that even allows them to distribute it in ways they choose, especially when it comes to influence elections in their own or other countries.
Also, what a great score! It's like a little nod to Succession, but without being so menacing or hinting at dysfunction (I'm so sorry but I couldn't find the composer and producers name to credit him here!)
Congrats again and I'm looking forward to keeping on listening and can't wait to hear all your reflections on how what you've learned along the way has impacted you. I mean, the re-structuring of your own business gives a good sense of what an impact all the research has had.
Congratulations on this work, Matt! It's wonderful to hear it out in the world after so much hard work. Given how much discussions of American billionaire oligarchs have been threaded through political discussion this week, you could not have planned the release of this episode at a better time if you tried!! I love how slowly you run through the contradiction that shapes any form of philanthropy - that when it comes to people are using their extreme wealth to bypass governments and democratic institutions to spend that wealth on causes that support, we can't applaud it when it seems to suit us and then decry it when it's The Other Side (ie Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc, etc, etc). None of them should be accruing control of the kind of endless, self-perpetuating wealth that even allows them to distribute it in ways they choose, especially when it comes to influence elections in their own or other countries.
Also, what a great score! It's like a little nod to Succession, but without being so menacing or hinting at dysfunction (I'm so sorry but I couldn't find the composer and producers name to credit him here!)
Congrats again and I'm looking forward to keeping on listening and can't wait to hear all your reflections on how what you've learned along the way has impacted you. I mean, the re-structuring of your own business gives a good sense of what an impact all the research has had.
Thanks so much Rebecca, and yes Ben did an amazing job with the score.