Pete and Luke discuss a few articles that interrogate Silicon Valley culture and the limits of philanthropy.

• Christopher Mackin, "Silicon Valley and the Quest for a Utopian Workplace," The New Republic.
• David A. Banks, Silicon Valley Labor Organizing, The Baffler.
• Robert Homan, "Think Different: Apple’s Redistribution of Wealth to the Wealthy," Boston Review.
• Elizabeth Kolbert, "Gospel of Giving for a Dying Age," The New Yorker.
• Jeff Bezos' new philanthropic fund, Axios.

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