Tech Monarchists, Elon's Drugs, Past and Future of Work
Ep. 323 w/ Shownotes
Ravi kicks off the episode with a sharp take on the latest headlines, from FEMA’s alarming lack of hurricane preparedness and the fragility of U.S. supply chains to the growing indicators that the country is headed towards stagflation. He also reflects on new reports about Elon Musk’s drug use, the rising political influence of tech elites, and what the new film Mountainhead suggests about this current moment in time.
Jamie Hodari, founder of Industrious and now a senior executive at CBRE, then returns to the pod for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of work and community. Ravi and Jamie discuss the acquisition of Industrious, the growing tension between autonomy, connection, and fulfillment, and the risks and possibilities of an AI-disrupted labor force.
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Don’t Bother Scaling This Mountain (Bradley Tusk’s Substack, 6/3/25)
How Chinese drones could defeat America (Noahpinion, 6/3/25)
FEMA Scraps New Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s (The Wall Street Journal, 6/3/25)
Elon Musk’s failure in government (The Economist, 6/2/25)
Trump Tariffs Are Hurting US and Global Economy, OECD Warns (Bloomberg, 6/3/25)
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America (The New Yorker, 6/2/25)
Education Reform’s Identity Crisis (Lost Debate, 5/22/25)
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (Studs Terkel, 1/15/72)
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Great discussion about the nature of work. I loved the reference to Studs Terkel's Working and how interesting it is to read primary sources from past eras. On audible, there is a free edit of the original tapes available from Studs, one of the OG "Podcasters":
https://www.audible.com/pd/Working-in-America-Audiobook/B07867P7DK?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp