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This episode explores how a few technology giants—Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—have built digital empires controlling communication, commerce, and information. It explains how their business model depends on surveillance and data extraction, creating a new form of capitalism where human experience itself becomes a product. The episode exposes their monopolistic ecosystems, political influence, and growing dominance in artificial intelligence, while warning that unchecked power in the digital realm threatens democracy, privacy, and human autonomy.
By Scott CarrickThis episode explores how a few technology giants—Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—have built digital empires controlling communication, commerce, and information. It explains how their business model depends on surveillance and data extraction, creating a new form of capitalism where human experience itself becomes a product. The episode exposes their monopolistic ecosystems, political influence, and growing dominance in artificial intelligence, while warning that unchecked power in the digital realm threatens democracy, privacy, and human autonomy.