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🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Silicon Valley. It’s a magical kingdom where nerds can become tycoons — and all that power goes straight to their big brains. Sarah Ellison joins us to talk about the downright ridiculous behavior of mega-rich techies. Sarah has written for outlets like the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post. She says if there’s one constant in her long career, it’s this: she writes about very rich people who sometimes act outrageously.
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0:25.0 | And this is even the rich. |
0:28.6 | We've spent the last four episodes hanging in Rome |
0:31.0 | with the Getty family. |
0:32.4 | We saw the sights, we ate pasta, and we drank |
0:35.4 | cognac. We witnessed to kidnapping. But today we're leaving all that behind us. |
0:39.4 | Chow! |
0:41.4 | You know what I've been thinking lately there's kind of a big difference between |
0:47.6 | being rich and being a billionaire like rich people have boring tiny sailboats but billionaires have mega yachts? |
0:54.5 | Yes exactly or like rich people are riding up the coronavirus pandemic in their mansions |
0:59.7 | but some billionaires are taking cover in doomsday style bunkers where they have enough food, water, and Patagonia fleece vests to survive the end of the world. |
1:09.0 | Just the bare essentials. |
1:10.0 | And when we talk about billionaires these days, I think one place comes to mind. |
1:14.3 | Silicon Valley. It's this magical kingdom where computer nerds can become tycoons. |
1:19.9 | And that power goes straight to their big brains. |
1:22.4 | Exactly. I wanted to their big brains. Exactly. |
1:23.6 | I wanted to learn a little bit more about what makes tech billionaires tick. |
1:27.3 | So I called up Sarah Ellison. |
1:29.2 | Sarah's been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for outlets like the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and... for in her long career it's this. She writes about very rich people who sometimes act |
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