Spotlight — Elon, Twitter and the Gladiator Arena
Your Undivided Attention
Center for Humane Technology
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, it's Raston. |
| 0:01.7 | And, Amazah. |
| 0:03.0 | And welcome to your undivided attention, |
| 0:04.4 | the podcast from the Center for Humane Technology. |
| 0:07.2 | Since it's looking more and more like Elon Musk, |
| 0:09.6 | the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, |
| 0:11.6 | we'll probably soon have ownership of Twitter. |
| 0:14.3 | We wanted to do a special episode about what this could mean |
| 0:17.6 | for Twitter users and the fate of democracies around the world. |
| 0:23.0 | Twitter is a very complicated place. |
| 0:25.1 | It's routinely blocked by governments |
| 0:26.5 | who fear its power to organize citizen protests around the world. |
| 0:29.8 | It's also where outrage, fear, and violence |
| 0:32.1 | get amplified by design. |
| 0:34.0 | Warping users views of each other |
| 0:35.6 | and our common connected humanity. |
| 0:38.0 | So we're at a fork in the road. |
| 0:39.9 | I want you to think about the trajectory |
| 0:41.7 | of polarization in the US and around the world. |
| 0:44.8 | Think about the prospect of civil war |
| 0:46.8 | and increasing conflict. |
| 0:48.2 | And today on your undivided attention, |
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