Tech and finance writer David Z. Morris talks us through the mental illness behind Silicon Valley's fascist immortalists, rationalists, effective altruists, abundists, etc.

Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifdada for the fun half, in which we speculate on Luigi's connection to this world, what's behind the assassination attempts on Trump, and if we should "buy the dip" on the technofuturist dystopia

read/subscribe to his substack: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/

Especially on the Zizians: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/deepseek-and-the-ai-murder-cult

On Tesla: ​https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-enters-its-memetic-death-spiralhttps://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-is-on-fire

In Luigi Mangione: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/luigi-mangione-reformed-techno-rationalist

Excerpt from his upcoming book on Sam Bankman-Fried: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/the-ai-timelines-scam-expanded-free Song: Madvillain - Accordion

Sean talks with Paris Marx about AI

for the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada

Song: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!

Jasper Bernes chats with us about his new book on the history of revolution from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising and the task of communists today.

Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution

Excerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization

Check out Red May: https://www.redmayseattle.org/

BK Rail debates: https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/on-the-future-and-past-of-revolution/

https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/workers-councils-solution-or-problem/

https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/jasper-bernes-responds/

Jasper’s critique of Bevins’ If We Burn: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/field-notes/What-Was-To-Be-Done-Protest-and-Revolution-in-the-2010s/

Song: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies