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Podcast: De Balie
Episode: Muskism, capitalism according to Elon Musk with Ben Tarnoff, Quinn Slobodian, Lokke Moerel and Bas Heijne
Description: Elon Musk stands for more than an individual billionaire; he stands for a system. In conversation with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, together with lawyer and professor Global ICT at Tilburg University Lokke Moerel and writer Bas Heijne.Everyone has a opinion about Elon Musk. He’s a messiah; a menace. A genius; a clown. The verdicts differ, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual. But Musk today is more than a person. Through Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, and platform X, Musk controls important infrastructures that fun...