Through the Looking Glass, or the Tech Revolution that Is
summary
Claims that matter: governments hire Tiktok influencers to shape youth opinion, volunteer hackers use 3D-printed drone fins to stall a Russian convoy and stop an advance on Kyiv, open-source investigators (the Sedition Hunters, Ignite the Right, Oryx) visually confirm 449 captured tanks and outpace official agencies, and generative algorithms produce convincing deepfake Steve Jobs audio. The talk argues these specific tools, numbers and fielded hacks—not vague hype about web3 or the Metaverse—are what actually shift power.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 18:42Metaverse as a proto-singularity
- 22:42Death and taxes
- 25:50What is a revolution?
- 28:15The Sedition Hunters
- 30:28Ignite the Right
- 39:04Sometimes revolutions fail
- 41:35Rule #2
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