Kara Swisher: We're in an 'Eat the Rich' Moment
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President Trump made the right moves to get Puerto Rico out of a mess, putting private enterprise to work.
The electrical grid and other infrastructure were already in very, very poor shape. They were at their life's end prior to the hurricanes. And now virtually everything has been wiped out. We're literally starting from scratch.
But Governor Gonzales Colon thinks she knows better. Innovative companies ran to meet the challenge to rebuild Puerto Rico's grid. Now she's blowing up a valid contract to siphon money back to her closest political advisors. President Trump puts real businesses to work instead of fueling government waste. Don't let the governor send Puerto Rico back to square one. Support the rule of law. Visit PuertoRicoInvestment.org. Paid for by the Committee for Puerto Rican Investment Incorporated. President Trump made the right moves to get Puerto Rico out of a mess, putting private enterprise to work.
The electrical grid and other infrastructure were already in very, very poor shape.
How has the public's perception of tech oligarchs changed?
They were at their life's end prior to the hurricanes. And now virtually everything has been wiped out. We're literally starting from scratch.
But Governor González Colón thinks she knows better. Innovative companies ran to meet the challenge to rebuild Puerto Rico's grid. Now she's blowing up a valid contract to siphon money back to her closest political advisors. President Trump puts real businesses to work instead of fueling government waste. Don't let the governor send Puerto Rico back to square one. Support the rule of law. Visit PuertoRicoInvestment.org. Paid for by the Committee for Puerto Rican Investment, Inc.
Hello and welcome to the Bullard Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. Delighted to welcome back to the show a fellow podcaster, usually just a little bit ahead of me in the charts. Not that I'm monitoring every day.
What are the implications of AI advancements in healthcare?
Are you? I never know. She's co-host of Pivot. She's the host of On with Kara Swisher. It's Kara Swisher. How are you doing?
Hi. How are you doing? How's it going? Thank you, by the way, for being a guest host on Pivot during scot-free August.
It was my honor. I had a blast. I had a blast doing it. I hope I get invited back next August. I also was invited to ask a question to Scott Jennings, which created like a little mini feud.
How is the relationship between tech leaders and politics evolving?
Oh, my God. What the hell?
It created a feud. He got very upset.
I was like, it's a decent question, although it was a little obnoxious.
It was a little obnoxious.
It was a little cheeky. Speaking of, he invented obnoxious.
If he can't handle obnoxious and cheeky, who can?
Yeah, exactly. Cheeky is not how I describe him. It's smirky.
Smirky.
Yeah, I'm a little cheeky here.
He's smirky.
What challenges do universities face in the current climate?
That's true. Cheeky and smirky. That should be a podcast you should do with Scott Jennings.
I don't think so. Cheeky and smirky. He brought it up on some random MAGA podcast a couple days later, how annoyed he was.
I know. How silly. How silly.
Anyway, I have a take here I'm going to offer to you that's related to why you're here. I was like, I want to do a 2025 recap pod that focuses on... We're so obsessed with TDS on this show and politics and what's happening with Trump. But I kind of think... If we look back five, 10 years from now, like the most meaningful thing that will have happened this year is something related to the tech oligarchy emerging. Absolutely.
That's how it started.
How does consolidation affect media companies?
Yeah. And so I just have a little list here. The inauguration and all those guys being there. The Valley's embrace of MAGA at some level, we'll listen to you on how big of a level. Musk's rise and then break up with Trump, the crypto corruption, the LLM boom. Those are the kind of things I had. What would you, of that list or otherwise, would you say is going to be the thing that has the most staying power?
I think these chips deals with China are really problematic and Chinese efforts in AI and what will happen in the next year. I think Trump initially, and actually quite correctly in his first term, was quite wary of China. And remember, he said TikTok will never be sold. And then he changed his mind because one of his big donors was his tech people said, just a second, we own a lot of this thing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:13
2
How has the public's perception of tech oligarchs changed?
1:13–2:23
3
What are the implications of AI advancements in healthcare?
2:23–2:46
4
How is the relationship between tech leaders and politics evolving?
2:46–3:09
5
What challenges do universities face in the current climate?
3:09–3:45
6
How does consolidation affect media companies?
3:45–5:20
7
What predictions are made for the future of tech and politics?
5:20–6:31
8
What cultural impacts are explored through entertainment in tech?
6:31–57:54
Speakers
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