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Oz Veloshin

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332 total appearances

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TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

And when he was appointed to the White House role, Laura Loomer came out and basically said, this is the worst thing ever.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

He's, you know, supporting illegals.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

And he ended up getting death threats.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

This story does have tentacles right back to the beginning of the administration.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Talk a bit about, yeah, talk about him, how you know him and this kind of, yeah, that story.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

You mentioned it began at Christmas in 24, I guess.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Not to mention Elon.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

So it's a revolving door, except you get to not actually have to leave.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

You can sort of be, you don't even, you barely, I mean, you're sort of even more, you can have a foot in both camps and have less sort of ethics and regulatory exposure, but still have the same amount of influence.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

It's like best of all worlds.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Kyle Taylor, have you been following the White House drama of a sure I'm all the wider?

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Well, I'm sure the wider story.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Yes.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

But what are your thoughts here?

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

That's a great point, Kyle, because even from an aesthetic point of view, like when you thought, if you ask what's the single image of tech and government from the like 2010 to 2020 era, it's like Mark Zuckerberg sweating in his suit saying, we sell ads, sir.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

Right.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

And now it's like.

TechStuff
The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

To your point about the sort of value that tech companies could derive from government and going back to the early 2010s era, I mean, the Democrats seem to understand the power of social media before the Republicans, like it was blue state digital and all of this.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

No, no, no, Taylor, I'm wrong.

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The Internet Found a Way to Monetize Reality Itself. It's Going Exactly as You'd Expect - Week in Tech

But are there any true opponents of the tech industry like Steve Bannon who still have influence with Trump?