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Actually Useful
Ariel Butters and AJ Weaver
10 episodes
1 day ago
Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.
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Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.
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Palantir’s Panopticon and the Middle-Earth Military Industrial Complex
Actually Useful
56 minutes 56 seconds
1 month ago
Palantir’s Panopticon and the Middle-Earth Military Industrial Complex

Ariel and Producer Josh dive into super spooky surveillance giant Palantir, which powers everything from beverage planning on commercial flights to predictive policing, ICE kidnappings, and literal war. In Falcon Mode, we imagine a more useful way to avoid parking stress. 

Links:

Does Palantir See Too Much?, a New York Times Magazine article

Alex Karp Has Money and Power. So What Does He Want?, a New York Times article

Peter Thiel: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past, an episode of Hysteria

Failing to Do Right: The Urgent Need for Palantir to Respect Human Rights, an Amnesty International report

ethanmeadforever’s reel about tech bros discovering a park

Actually Useful
Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.