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Have our private lives become inevitably political in today's age of social media? Ray Brescia certainly thinks so. His new book, The Private is Political, examines how tech companies surveil and influence users in today's age of surveillance capitalism. Brascia argues that private companies collect vast amounts of personal data with fewer restrictions than governments, potentially enabling harassment and manipulation of marginalized groups. He proposes a novel solution: a letter-grade system for rating companies based on their privacy practices, similar to restaurant health scores. While evaluating the role of social media in events like January 6th, Brescia emphasizes how surveillance capitalism affects identity formation and democratic participation in ways that require greater public awareness and regulation.Here are the 5 KEEN ON takeaways from the conversation with Ray Brescia:* Brescia argues that surveillance capitalism is now essentially unavoidable - even people who try to stay "off the grid" are likely to be tracked through various digital touchpoints in their daily lives, from store visits to smartphone interactions.* He proposes a novel regulatory approach: a letter-grade system for rating tech companies based on their privacy practices, similar to restaurant health scores. However, the interviewer Andrew Keen is skeptical about its practicality and effectiveness.* Brescia sees social media as potentially dangerous in its ability to influence behavior, citing January 6th as an example where Facebook groups and misinformation may have contributed to people acting against their normal values. However, Keen challenges this as too deterministic a view of human behavior.* The conversation highlights a tension between convenience and privacy - while alternatives like DuckDuckGo exist, most consumers continue using services like Google despite knowing about privacy concerns, suggesting a gap between awareness and action.* Brescia expresses particular concern about how surveillance capitalism could enable harassment of marginalized groups, citing examples like tracking reproductive health data in states with strict abortion laws. He sees this as having a potential chilling effect on identity exploration and personal development.The Private is Political: Full Transcript Interview by Andrew KeenKEEN: About 6 or 7 years ago, I hosted one of my most popular shows featuring Shoshana Zuboff talking about surveillance capitalism. She wrote "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power"—a book I actually blurbed. Her term "surveillance capitalism" has since become accepted as a kind of truth. Our guest today, Ray Brescia, a distinguished professor of law at the University of New York at Albany, has a new book, "The Private is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism." Ray, you take the age of surveillance capitalism for granted. Is that fair? Is surveillance capitalism just a given in February 2025?RAY BRESCIA: I think that's right. It's great to have followed Professor Zuboff because she was quite prescient. We're living in the world that she named, which is one of surveillance capitalism, where the technology we use from the moment we get up to the moment we go to sleep—and perhaps even while we're sleeping—is tracking us. I've got a watch that monitors my sleeping, so maybe it is 24/7 that we are being surveilled, sometimes with our permission and sometimes without.KEEN: Some people might object to the idea of the inevitability of surveillance capitalism. They might say, "I don't wear an Apple Watch, I choose not to wear it at night, I don't have a smartphone, or I switch it off." There's nothing inevitable about the age of surveillance capitalism. How would you respond to that?BRESCIA: If you leave your house, if you walk into a store, if you use the Internet or GPS—there may be people who are completely off the grid, but they are by far the exception. Even for them, there are still ways to be surveilled. Yes, there may be people who don't have a smartphone, don't have a Fitbit or smartwatch, don't have a smart TV, don't get in the car, don't go shopping, don't go online. But they really are the exception.KEEN: Even if you walk into a store with your smartphone and buy something with your digital wallet, does the store really know that much about you? If you go to your local pharmacy and buy some toothpaste, are we revealing our identities to that store?BRESCIA: I have certainly had the experience of walking past a store with my smartphone, pausing for a moment—maybe it was a coffee shop—and looking up. Within minutes, I received an ad pushed to me by that store. Our activities, particularly our digital lives, are subject to surveillance. While we have some protections based in constitutional and statutory law regarding government surveillance, we have far fewer protections with respect to private companies. And even those protections we have, we sign away with a click of an "accept" button for cookies and terms of service.[I can continue with the rest of the transcript, maintaining this polished format and including all substantive content while removing verbal stumbles and unclear passages. Would you like me to continue?]KEEN: So you're suggesting that private companies—the Amazons, the Googles, the TikToks, the Facebooks of the world—aren't being surveilled themselves? It's only us, the individual, the citizen?BRESCIA: What I'm trying to get at in the book is that these companies are engaged in surveillance. Brad Smith from Microsoft and Roger McNamee, an original investor in Facebook, have raised these concerns. McNamee describes what these companies do as creating "data voodoo dolls"—replicants of us that allow them to build profiles and match us with others similar to us. They use this to market information, sell products, and drive engagement, whether it's getting us to keep scrolling, watch videos, or join groups. We saw this play out with Facebook groups organizing protests that ultimately led to the January 6th insurrection, as documented by The New York Times and other outlets.KEEN: You live up in Hastings on Hudson and work in Albany. Given the nature of this book, I can guess your politics. Had you been in Washington, D.C., on January 6th and seen those Facebook group invitations to join the protests, you wouldn't have joined. This data only confirms what we already think. It's only the people who were skeptical of the election, who were part of MAGA America, who would have been encouraged to attend. So why does it matter?BRESCIA: I don't think that's necessarily the case. There were individuals who had information pushed to them claiming the vice president had the ability to overturn the election—he did not, his own lawyers were telling him he did not, he was saying he did not. But people were convinced he could. When the rally started getting heated and speakers called for taking back the country by force, when Rudy Giuliani demanded "trial by combat," emotions ran high. There are individuals now in jail who are saying, "I don't want a pardon. What I did that day wasn't me." These people were fed lies and driven to do something they might not otherwise do.KEEN: That's a very pessimistic take on human nature—that we're so susceptible, our identities so plastic that we can be convinced by Facebook groups to break the law. Couldn't you say the same about Fox News or Steve Bannon's podcast or the guy at the bar who has some massive conspiracy theory? At what point must we be responsible for what we do?BRESCIA: We should always be responsible for what we do. Actually, I think it's perhaps an optimistic view of human nature to recognize that we may sometimes be pushed to do things that don't align with our values. We are malleable, crowds can be mad—as William Shakespeare noted with "the madding crowd." Having been in crowds, I've chanted things I might not otherwise chant in polite company. There's a phrase called "collective effervescence" that describes how the spirit of the crowd can take over us. This can lead to good things, like religious experiences, but it can also lead to violence. All of this is accelerated with social media. The old phrase "a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on" has been supercharged with social media.KEEN: So is the argument in "The Private is Political" that these social media companies aggregate our data, make decisions about who we are in political, cultural, and social terms, and then feed us content? Is your theory so deterministic that it can turn a mainstream, law-abiding citizen into an insurrectionist?BRESCIA: I wouldn't go that far. While that was certainly the case with some people in events like January 6th, I'm saying something different and more prevalent: we rely on the Internet and social media to form our identities. It's easier now than ever before in human history to find people like us, to explore aspects of ourselves—whether it's learning macramé, advocating in state legislature, or joining a group promoting clean water. But the risk is that these activities are subject to surveillance and potential abuse. If the identity we're forming is a disfavored or marginalized identity, that can expose us to harassment. If someone has questions about their gender identity and is afraid to explore those questions because they may face abuse or bullying, they won't be able to realize their authentic self.KEEN: What do you mean by harassment and abuse? This argument exists both on the left and right. J.D. Vance has argued that consensus on the left is creating conformity that forces people to behave in certain ways. You get the same arguments on the left. How does it actually work?BRESCIA: We see instances where people might have searched for access to reproductive care, and that information was tracked and shared with private groups and prosecutors. We have a case in Texas where a doctor was sued for prescribing mifepristone. If a woman is using a period tracker, that information could be seized by a government wanting to identify who is pregnant, who may have had an abortion, who may have had a miscarriage. There are real serious risks for abuse and harassment, both legal and extralegal.KEEN: We had Margaret Atwood on the show a few years ago. Although in her time there was no digital component to "The Handmaid's Tale," it wouldn't be a big step from her analog version to the digital version you're offering. Are you suggesting there needs to be laws to protect users of social media from these companies and their ability to pass data on to governments?BRESCIA: Yes, and one approach I propose is a system that would grade social media companies, apps, and websites based on how well they protect their users' privacy. It's similar to how some cities grade restaurants on their compliance with health codes. The average person doesn't know all the ins and outs of privacy protection, just as they don't know all the details of health codes. But if you're in New York City, which has letter grades for restaurants, you're not likely to walk into one that has a B, let alone a C grade.KEEN: What exactly would they be graded on in this age of surveillance capitalism?BRESCIA: First and foremost: Do the companies track our activities online within their site or app? Do they sell our data to brokers? Do they retain that data? Do they use algorithms to push information to us? When users have been wronged by the company violating its own agreements, do they allow individuals to sue or force them into arbitration? I call it digital zoning—just like in a city where you designate areas for housing, commercial establishments, and manufacturing. Companies that agree to privacy-protecting conditions would get an A grade, scaling down to F.KEEN: The world is not a law school where companies get graded. Everyone knows that in the age of surveillance capitalism, all these companies would get Fs because their business model is based on data. This sounds entirely unrealistic. Is this just a polemical exercise, or are you serious?BRESCIA: I'm dead serious. And I don't think it's the heavy hand of the state. In fact, it's quite the opposite—it's a menu that companies can choose from. Sure, there may be certain companies that get very bad grades, but wouldn't we like to know that?KEEN: Who would get the good grades? We know Facebook and Google would get bad grades. Are there social media platforms that would avoid the F grades?BRESCIA: Apple is one that does less of this. Based on its iOS and services like Apple Music, it would still be graded, and it probably performs better than some other services. Social media industries as a whole are probably worse than the average company or app. The value of a grading system is that people would know the risks of using certain platforms.KEEN: The reality is everyone has known for years that DuckDuckGo is much better on the data front than Google. Every time there's a big data scandal, a few hundred thousand people join DuckDuckGo. But most people still use Google because it's a better search engine. People aren't bothered. They don't care.BRESCIA: That may be the case. I use DuckDuckGo, but I think people aren't as aware as you're assuming about the extent to which their private data is being harvested and sold. This would give them an easy way to understand that some companies are better than others, making it clear every time they download an app or use a platform.KEEN: Let's use the example of Facebook. In 2016, the Cambridge Analytica scandal blew up. Everyone knew what Facebook was doing. And yet Facebook in 2025 is, if anything, stronger than it's ever been. So people clearly just don't care.BRESCIA: I don't know that they don't care. There are a lot of things to worry about in the world right now. Brad Smith called Cambridge Analytica "privacy's Three Mile Island."KEEN: And he was wrong.BRESCIA: Yes, you're right. Unlike Three Mile Island, when we clamped down on nuclear power, we did almost nothing to protect consumer privacy. That's something we should be exploring in a more robust fashion.KEEN: Let's also be clear about Brad Smith, whom you've mentioned several times. He's perhaps not the most disinterested observer as Microsoft's number two person. Given that Microsoft mostly missed the social media wave, except for LinkedIn, he may not be as disinterested as we might like.BRESCIA: That may be the case. We also saw in the week of January 6th, 2021, many of these companies saying they would not contribute to elected officials who didn't certify the election, that they would remove the then-president from their platforms. Now we're back in a world where that is not the case.KEEN: Let me get one thing straight. Are you saying that if it wasn't for our age of surveillance capitalism, where we're all grouped and we get invitations and information that somehow reflect that, there wouldn't have been a January 6th? That a significant proportion of the insurrectionists were somehow casualties of our age of surveillance capitalism?BRESCIA: That's a great question. I can't say whether there would have been a January 6th if not for social media. In the last 15-20 years, social media has enabled movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Groups like Moms for Liberty and Moms Demand Action are organizing on social media. Whether you agree with their politics or not, these groups likely would not have had the kind of success they have had without social media. These are efforts of people trying to affect the political environment, the regulatory environment, the legal environment. I applaud such efforts, even if I don't agree with them. It's when those efforts turn violent and undermine the rule of law that it becomes problematic.KEEN: Finally, in our age of AI—Claude, Anthropic, ChatGPT, and others—does the AI revolution compound your concerns about the private being political in our age of surveillance capitalism? Is it the problem or the solution?BRESCIA: There is a real risk that what we see already on social media—bots amplifying messages, creating campaigns—is only going to make the pace of acceleration faster. The AI companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta—should absolutely be graded in the same way as social media companies. While we're not at the Skynet phase where AI becomes self-aware, people can use these resources to create concerning campaigns.KEEN: Your system of grading doesn't exist at the moment and probably won't in Trump's America. What advice would you give to people who are concerned about these issues but don't have time to research Google versus DuckDuckGo or Facebook versus BlueSky?BRESCIA: There are a few simple things folks can do. Look at the privacy settings on your phone. Use browsers that don't harvest your data. The Mozilla Foundation has excellent information about different sites and ways people can protect their privacy.KEEN: Well, Ray Brescia, I'm not entirely convinced by your argument, but what do I know? "The Private is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is a very provocative argument about how social media companies and Internet companies should be regulated. Thank you so much, and best of luck with the book.BRESCIA: Thanks, it's been a pleasure to have this conversation.Ray Brescia is the Associate Dean for Research & Intellectual Life and the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Professor in Law & Technology at Albany Law School. He is the author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession and The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions; and editor of Crisis Lawyering: Effective Legal Advocacy in Emergency Situations; and How Cities Will Save the World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change, and Economic Inequality.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

The long-awaited House Ethics Committee report into Matt Gaetz is released. Plus, Silicon Valley's growing influence in the next administration as Trump taps more tech leaders for government positions. And a sitting Congresswoman from Texas is absent for months from Capitol Hill only to turn up in a senior living facility. Carol Leonnig, Dave Weigel, Charles Coleman Jr., Max Chafkin, Roger McNamee, Chuck Rocha, and Mark McKinnon join the 11th Hour this Monday night.

President Biden touts his 'fairly strong economy' and warns against Trump's tariffs and tax cuts. Plus, Tiktok's plans to fight back amid the potential ban in the U.S. next month. And, suspect Luigi Mangione is denied bail in the murder of insurance CEO Brian Thompson. Jeff Mason, Carol Leonnig, David Jolly, Bill Cohan, Roger McNamee, Dan Diamond, and Rob D'Amico join The 11th Hour this Tuesday. 

The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson joins us to discuss the impending disaster of the next Trump administration. Zucked author Roger McNamee examines the dystopian goals of tech billionaires.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Last Word: Judge Merchan delays Donald Trump's sentencing in the hush money case to November 26. Also, North Carolina emerges as a critical battleground state. Plus, YouTube shutters channels linked to Justice Department Russia charges. And Project 2025 intends to gut America's public school system. Jennifer Rubin, Barbara McQuade, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Roger McNamee, and MI State Sen. Dayna Polehanki join Ali Velshi.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has the votes for the Democratic nomination and will announce her running mate for the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Wall Steet after the stock market's rough day, which sparked fears of a recession. Plus, state officials say Elon Musk is spreading election misinformation. We discuss all of this and more on tonight's 11th Hour, joined by Susan Glasser, Errin Haines, Reese Gorman, Ron Insana, Former Senator Evan Bayh, and Roger McNamee.

It used to be that Silicon Valley was considered a blue bastion, and supported social causes like education, public health and climate action. But, if that perception wasn't already crumbling before now, then it was utterly shattered in 2024. This past month has seen countless tech elites flock behind Donald Trump as their candidate of choice in the presidential election, leaving many in the media scratching their heads—and wringing their hands. But not for Roger McNamee, the veteran venture capital investor, who, on the latest episode of Inside the Hive, breaks down all the financial incentives at play and unpacks why tech leaders are “abandoning” the values they seemingly once held. “Their belief in cryptocurrency and their belief that low taxes and lack of regulation are essential to the prosperity of the tech industry,” he says. “These guys historically had an omerta. They did not speak ill of each other. And basically over the past six weeks or so, the political disagreements have come out into the open.”

104 - Pete Sears and Roger McNamee (Moonalice) In episode 104 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host, James Patrick Regan. is at BottleRock and he's speaking with the legendary bassist Pete Sears & Roger McNamee of the band Moonalice. In their conversation they discussed: Pete's original move to the U.S., specifically San Francisco in 1969. We talk about his start on bass in 1963 and his early influences… mostly blues artists, and we talk about his early instruments. They discuss his early band “Sons of Fred” and how ended up working with Rod Stewart on Rod's first four solo albums. Pete tells of us of his early encounters with Jimi Hendrix including a missed opportunity to join Jimi's band. Pete discusses how he ended up with the newly formed Jefferson Starship (formerly Jefferson Airplane) and coincidentally Hot Tuna. They talk about Pete's gear including his basses that were stolen (a 63 Jazz Bass, and Craig Chaquico lost his ‘59 Les Paul) in the infamous riot at a German Starship concert in 1978. They talk about Pete's current projects including Moonalice, Steamhammer and Zero (with Steve Kimock). You can find out more about Pete at his website https://petesears.com Next up, Roger McNamee is an American businessman, investor, venture capitalist and musician and the leader of the band Moonalice. With Roger they discuss the nuts and bolts of the band Moonalice. Including the bands start by T-Bone Burnett and Roger walks us through the bands super star lineups including Lester Chambers, G.E. Smith, Jack Casady, Barry Sless and of course Pete Sears. They immediately talk vintage guitars, Roger is a lover of fine vintage guitars. He tells us about guitars he's given away and the ones he's been given. Roger walks us through the songwriting process for the band. Roger gives us a little Martin history as well as his own. Roger also tells us about saving elephants and trying to create a failed preserve in Red Bluff, CA and ultimately creating it in Africa. You can find out more about Moonalice at their website: https://www.moonalice.com Please like, comment share and review this podcast! #BottleRock #PeteSears #RogerMcNamee #Moonalice #RodStewart #JeffersonStarship #HotTuna #VintageGuitarmagazine #TBoneBurnett #VintageGuitar #guitar #Guitar #acousticguitar #theDeadlies #guitarfinds #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #guitarcollector #Travelwithguitars #haveguitarwilltravel #hgwt #HGWT Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

Surveillance capitalism is ubiquitous. If we're not being watched by Google or Facebook, then we are watching movies warning about how these digital platforms are watching us. David Donnelly's new documentary, COST OF CONVENIENCE, trots all the familiar charges that we've heard over the years from KEEN ON guests like Shoshana Zuboff , Jaron Lanier, Nick Carr and Roger McNamee. It's good stuff, I guess, even if we've heard these existential warnings many times before. The problem is what to do about it. Like most Silicon Valley critics, Donnelly's fixes - from more education and regulation to greater self control - aren't very realistic. Ultimately, I guess, we'll find something else to worry about. The real question, however, is if we forget about the screen, will the screen forget about us? DAVID DONNELLY is an American filmmaker renowned for his impactful documentaries in the classical music realm, notably his award-winning debut, Maestro, featuring stars like Paavo Järvi, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, and Lang Lang. This film, translated into multiple languages and has been broadcast worldwide, is highly regarded as an educational tool in music education. Following Maestro, Donnelly directed Nordic Pulseand Forte, completing a trilogy offering an unparalleled glimpse into classical music. His work, relevant amid the Ukraine invasion, includes narratives on Estonia's Singing Revolution, showcasing his storytelling's depth. Donnelly's films have been showcased at prestigious venues like the Whitney Museum and the Kennedy Center, underlining his status in both the art and film communities. In 2021, he co-founded CultureNet and announced The Cost of Convenience, the first in a new trilogy exploring technology's cultural implications. Donnelly's career extends beyond filmmaking; he's a sought-after speaker, sharing insights from interviews with global thought leaders across over 30 countries.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

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Ben & Bob have been on the road for most of the summer, so in this episode they catch up to talk about the 100th anniversary of the death of Warren G. Harding, the feedback they got from their conversation on ai, chat gpt and the future of tech w/ Roger McNamee, and their responses to the recent Congressional hearings on UAP (formerly known as UFO) sightings. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. Warren G. Harding Sources: Jordyn Phelps, “Ex-President Warren Harding's Love Child Confirmed Through DNA Testing,” ABCNews.com, August 13, 2015. “President Warren Harding's Love Letters Open to the Public,” News from the Library of Congress, July 29, 2014. Megan Gambino, “Warren Harding's Love Letters Finally Give Us Something to Remember Him For,” Smithsonian.com, August 29, 2014. Daniel McCarthy, “Warren Harding's Read Scandal was his Conservatism,” New York Post, August 1, 2023. Bryan Pietsch, “Exhume the Body of Warren G. Harding? A Judge Says that Won't be Necessary,” New York Times, Dec. 1, 2020. Jordan Michael Smith, “The Letters that Warren G. Harding's Family Didn't Want You to See,” New York Times Magazine, July 7, 2014.

Roger McNamee has spent decades helping American tech companies secure financing. In the last few years, however, he's become well-known for helping American citizens secure themselves against tech companies. After helping convince Mark Zuckerberg to retain control over Facebook, Roger documented social media's role in amplifying social division in his 2019 New York Times Best Seller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Recently he's turned his attention to AI, and he has a warning for us: don't believe the hype. In this conversation Roger joins Bob and Ben to discuss Artificial Intelligence, why he says it's far from the disruptor its proponents have claimed it to be, and how our current assessment of AI actually causes many of the problems that will likely come from this new technology. Roger also shares his solution to better tech regulation, why he's more hopeful about the future of the US than he has been in decades, and his second career in his band Moonalice (click here for music and tour dates).  If you enjoy this conversation, you can hear our uncut conversation, which includes almost 30 minutes of additional audio, but joining us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheRoadToNow. Already a Patron? Click here to listen to the uncut episode! You can hear our previous conversation w/ Roger in RTN #178 “The Facebook Catastrophe w/ Roger McNamee.”  This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.

Mark Zuckerberg used advertising to turn Facebook into the first global social media giant, boasting 3bn users around the world. But today there are questions about the business model that has powered it for the past 15 years, and what Zuckerberg's new focus on building the Metaverse means for the platform that started it all. Elaine Moore speaks to veteran Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee, one-time advisor to Zuckerberg; writer and researcher Tim Hwang, author of Subprime Attention Crisis; and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired and author of Facebook: The Inside Story. Meta declined a request for an interview for this episode, but directed us to their Q1 2023 earnings.Presented by Elaine Moore. Produced by Edwin Lane and Josh Gabert-Doyon, Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. The FT's head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Hannah MurphyClips: Meta, US Senate.We're keen to hear more from our listeners about this show and want to know what you'd like to hear more of, so we're running a survey that you can find at ft.com/techtonicsurvey. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and you will be in with a chance of winning a pair of Bose QuietComfort earbuds.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Zuckerberg used advertising to turn Facebook into the first global social media giant, boasting 3bn users around the world. But today there are questions about the business model that has powered it for the past 15 years, and what Zuckerberg's new focus on building the Metaverse means for the platform that started it all. Elaine Moore speaks to veteran Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee, one-time advisor to Zuckerberg; writer and researcher Tim Hwang, author of Subprime Attention Crisis; and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired and author of Facebook: The Inside Story. Meta declined a request for an interview for this episode, but directed us to their Q1 2023 earnings.Presented by Elaine Moore. Produced by Edwin Lane and Josh Gabert-Doyon, Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. The FT's head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Hannah MurphyClips: Meta, US Senate.We're keen to hear more from our listeners about this show and want to know what you'd like to hear more of, so we're running a survey that you can find at ft.com/techtonicsurvey. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and you will be in with a chance of winning a pair of Bose QuietComfort earbuds.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 14, 2023 is: dissemble • dih-SEM-bul • verb Dissemble is a formal word that means “to conceal facts, feelings, or intentions with deceptive explanations, reasons, etc.” It's frequently used as a gentler way to say “lie.” // The board's members have lost all confidence in the organization's leader because she has repeatedly dissembled about basic facts about the organization's financial status. See the entry > Examples: “If past testimony is any guide, … the CEOs will dissemble and promise to follow up with better answers to any question they do not want to answer in front of cameras.” — Roger McNamee, Wired, 23 Mar. 2021 Did you know? We have nothing to hide: dissemble (from the Latin verb dissimulāre, meaning “to disguise the identity of”) stresses the intent to deceive others, especially about facts, feelings, or intentions. Most often found in formal or literary speech and writing, dissemble also implies that the facts, feelings, or intentions someone is attempting to conceal could land that person in hot water if discovered, as when a politician dissembles at a press conference when faced with questions about a recent scandal. Typical use notwithstanding, it's perfectly fine to bust out dissemble in less formal contexts and conversations. Just be careful not to confuse dissemble with disassemble, which means “to take apart.”

Tonight on The Last Word: Some House Democrats urge President Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling. Also, the U.S. plans to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. Plus, Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok. And North Carolina lawmakers override the veto of the 12-week abortion ban. Rep. Ro Khanna, Robert Reich, Roger McNamee, Amb. Michael McFaul, Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman and Anderson Clayton join Ali Velshi. 

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The Bay Area music collective be Moon Alice has been around for a few years now, in different configurations currently includes vocalist Lester Chambers, Pete Sears on bass a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and U2 advisor Roger McNamee on guitar, Barry Sless on lead guitar and pedal steel, Jason Crosby and Mookie Segal on keyboards, John Molo on drums. Lester Chambers' son Dylan and Erika, Rachel and Chloe Tietjen of the T Sisters round out the bands vocals. That's quite a group of musicians with a ton of talent. I recently had the good fortune of catching up with Barry Sless who is on tour right now with Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros with the Wolfpack, and the iconic Lester Chambers to talk about the band, and their forthcoming acoustic release Light Side of the Moonalice due out on Nettwerk Recirds February 24th.    First song: Time Has Come Today Second song: People Get ReadySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of Influencers, Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer is joined by early Facebook & Google investor, Roger McNamee, as they cover the American tech industry, the influence of social media, and why Roger says Silicon Valley is 'in a bad place'.

"Journalism does not need Twitter. It cannot win a fight with Elon Musk on Musk's home turf." That's what tech investor (and former advisor to Mark Zuckerberg) Roger McNamee wrote in his latest op-ed about Musk's turbulent Twitter takeover. He joins Julia to discuss. Also on today's show: Benjamin Netanyahu is sworn in as Israeli PM for the sixth time and will lead the country's likely most right-wing government ever.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Twitter is a soap opera where Musk is the star, the only actor in the spotlight. The world should look away, says Roger McNamee

Twitter is a soap opera where Musk is the star, the only actor in the spotlight. The world should look away, says Roger McNamee

Tonight on The Last Word: NBC News reports that the January 6 Committee is considering referrals for insurrection, obstruction and conspiracy. Also, Elon Musk is under fire for banning journalists from Twitter. Plus, Russia fires a new wave of missiles against Ukraine. And stocks fall after retail sales drop 0.6% in November. Garrett Haake, Glenn Kirschner, Jill Wine-Banks, Jennifer Rubin, Roger McNamee, Nick Kristoff and Mark Zandi join Ali Velshi.

Sara visits with tech investor, author, musician and political reform activist Roger McNamee to talk about civic engagement, policy and cannabis. [EP64] Twitter: @Moonalice

MSNBC's Katie Phang hosts “The Beat” on Monday, November 21 and reports on the Colorado nightclub massacre that left 5 murdered, 19 hurt. Maya Wiley and Sally Kohn join. Plus, Neal Katyal joins on the appointment of a special counsel to oversee Trump criminal probes and Roger McNamee on the chaos at Twitter.

Under Elon Musk the Twitter that so many people depend on may collapse. Roger McNamee on what comes next

Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Friday October 28th and reports on the chilling violent attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. Plus, Former President Obama returns to the stump for Democrats in Georgia. Jake Ward, Kurt Bardella, Cornell Belcher, Michael Beschloss, Joyce Vance, Roger McNamee and Florida Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist join.

The S&P 500 snapping a 3-day win streak following disappointing earnings from tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft. Wedbush's Sahak Manuelian and Citi's Scott Chronert discuss how investors should trade tech stocks ahead of earnings from Meta, Amazon & Apple. Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee, who was an early investor in Facebook, explains why he doesn't think Meta's strategy for the metaverse will work. Bank of America Securities' Ron Epstein on whether Boeing's big post-earnings sell off is a buying opportunity. Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta discusses whether concerns about the economy and inflation are starting to impact consumer spending on travel. And U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai discusses whether the White House could cut tariffs against China to help ease inflation.

This episode of No Simple Road is dedicated to our Brother David A. Kasakove... in loving memory. NFAWe are extremely excited to have Roger McNamee of Moonalice as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Roger is also a touring musician, first as a founding member of the Flying Other Brothers, and more recently in that group's follow-on band, Moonalice. Honestly, Roger could own the title of 'The Most Interesting Man In The World' having worked with countless Silicon Valley Pioneers and playing with more musicians than we can count!He is also an American businessman, investor, venture capitalist and musician. He is the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm, McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T. Rowe Price Science and Technology Fund.McNameeWe talk with Roger about the struggles and joys of the last couple of years, the convergence of music and tech and how that has affected Moonalice, what his one and only interview with Jerry Garcia was like, what it has been like playing with folks like Lester Chamber, how his first Grateful Dead show affected him, the way forward for Moonalice and how they are taking care of their musical family, some of his experiences in his younger days, what it's like to be a poster nerd, and a whole lot more!For more on Moonalice head over to www.moonalice.comNo Simple Road Intro Music Created By ESCAPERFREE SHIPPING from Shop Tour Bus Use The PROMO CODE: nosimpleroadFor 20% off Sunset Lake CBD PROMO CODE: NSR20 MUSIC IN THE COMMERCIALS BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:LAMPOUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:CHILLDREN OF INDIGONo Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris Media is the leading storyteller in music, combining the intimacy of podcasts with the power of music.We inform and delight music fans by creating shows with leading artists, telling untold stories, and working with brands to craft compelling narratives that bring music to life.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Super Tech Profit Investor to Author, anti-hate Advocate and Web Prophet with a focus on saving democracy, capitalism, innovation. All that and some soulful sounds #Moonalice #Zucked Please listen to this! I rarely beg and plead but this Look Back is beyond interesting, its a critical wide eyed look at our current surveillance economy that both challenges our current startup ecosystem but moreover threatens democracy and capitalism. We take a close look at what we're doing and supporting - and NOT doing and NOT supporting. Shine a light into some of the dark - but first listen to this pod.

In this week's episode of Influencers, Andy is joined by early Facebook & Google investor, Roger McNamee, as they cover the American tech industry, the influence of social media, and why Roger says Silicon Valley is 'in a bad place'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ali Velshi is joined by Jonathan D. Katz, Director of Democracy Initiatives, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, Kenneth S. Rogoff, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Harvard University, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Joyce Vance, University of Alabama School of Law Professor, Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian Parliament Member, Roger McNamee, Co-founder at Elevation Partners, and Sinan Aral, David Austin Professor of Management at MIT.

Moonalice's Roger McNamee and Lester Chambers discuss their new EP, 'Full Moonalice, Vol. 1' on 'The JamBase Podcast.'

In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast recorded on November 16, Joyce speaks with prominent technology investor Roger McNamee. CAFE Insider is usually behind the paywall, but we're taking it down for this episode due to popular demand.  The conversation centers around the threat Facebook poses to democracy, and what happened when McNamee confronted Mark Zuckerberg following the 2016 election. They also discuss McNamee's mentorship of Zuckerberg, how that relationship fell apart after Facebook changed its business model to maximize profit, and what can still be done to protect the public from exploitative technologies.  What's McNamee's vision for a regulatory agency in the mold of the Food and Drug Administration to monitor technology and social media? Why does McNamee consider himself an “accidental investor” after first setting out to become a musician? We get into these questions and more. To get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/facebook-unheeded-advice-with-roger-mcnamee-and-joyce-vance/ Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: Jake Kaplan, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce asks prominent technology investor Roger McNamee about the threat Facebook poses to democracy, and what happened when he confronted Mark Zuckerberg following the 2016 election. In the full episode, they discuss McNamee's mentorship of Zuckerberg, how that relationship fell apart after Facebook changed its business model to maximize profit, and what can still be done to protect the public from exploitative technologies. They also dig into McNamee's vision for a regulatory agency in the mold of the Food and Drug Administration to monitor technology and social media, and why McNamee considers himself an “accidental investor” after first setting out to become a musician. To listen to the full episode and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First, Chris goes one-on-one with an early Facebook investor, Roger McNamee, on the Facebook whistleblower's testimony before Congress. Then, retired FBI agent Bobby Chacon joins Chris to discuss the latest in the search for Brian Laundrie. Chris wraps up the show with Ana Navarro.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

First, Chris goes one-on-one with an early Facebook investor, Roger McNamee, on the Facebook whistleblower's testimony before Congress. Then, retired FBI agent Bobby Chacon joins Chris to discuss the latest in the search for Brian Laundrie. Chris wraps up the show with Ana Navarro. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

This episode features an interview with Roger McNamee. His official bio at Elevation Partners, an investment firm, says that since 2017 he has been involved in ”a campaign to trigger a national conversation about the dark side of social media“. He is the author of a book, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, published by HarperCollins in 2019, that has an account of his role as an investor and advisor to the company and his ultimate recognition of the harms it causes at scale. To many listeners, his voice on these issues is well known- he is a frequent commentator on technology on shows such as “Squawk Alley” CNBC and on Ali Velshi's show on MSNBC, and he is a regular at conferences that delve into topics at the intersection of tech and democracy. He knows the tech bro culture well enough to have served as a technical advisor for multiple seasons of HBO's “Silicon Valley” series, a show that lampoons the people and industry there. Roger also a philanthropist and a musician- he plays in the bands Moonalice and Doobie Decibel System, on bass and guitar. If you follow him on Twitter @moonalice, you will get to hear his frequent livestreams, sometimes solo, and sometimes with the band. We caught up with Roger to get his sense of where the movement to regulate and hold technology firms to account is at the moment, particularly in the U.S. 

Episode Topic: What Do We Value? The Ethics of Tech AccountabilityListen to the discussion recorded on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, with Mark McKenna, Elizabeth M. Renieris, and special guests Ifeoma Ozoma and Roger McNamee.Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND:  go.nd.edu/8f336c.This podcast is a part of the TEC Talks ThinkND Series titled "Misinformation and Disinformation".

We're excited to share this bonus episode, a recording from the podcast's launch event with special guests Roger McNamee and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. Representing New York's 9th District, Congresswoman Clarke is a committed champion of fighting bias in AI and other forms of discrimination in tech. Roger McNamee is a longtime investor in tech and author of "Zucked," which sheds light on the dangers of tech that is unfettered and insufficiently regulated. A special thanks to our friends at the Georgetown University Law Center for hosting this event. ---- To learn more, visit our website: https://www.equalai.org/ You can also follow us on Twitter: @ai_equal

David Chavern, CEO of a news industry trade association representing nearly 2,000 publishers, joins Ellysse and Ashley to discuss the impact of Section 230 on traditional media and the spread of misinformation, as well as how the news industry handles the issue of intermediary liability.MentionedDavid Chavern, “The News Media and Section 230,” News Media Alliance, February 19, 2020.David Chavern, “Section 230 Is a Government License to Build Rage Machines,” Wired, September 14, 2020.Sacha Baron Cohen, “Sacha Baron Cohen's Keynote Address at ADL's 2019 Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate,” ADL, November 21, 2019. “H.R.8636 - Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act,” Congress.gov.Roger McNamee, “Facebook Cannot Fix Itself. But Trump's Effort to Reform Section 230 Is Wrong,” TIME, June 4, 2020.Related Ashley Johnson and Daniel Castro, “Fact-Checking the Critiques of Section 230: What Are the Real Problems?” (ITIF, February 2021).

Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing House impeachment proceedings. Paul Greengrass, the director of the hugely successful "Bourne" franchise, delves into his new film, "News of the World" starring Tom Hanks. And, as Youtube becomes the latest social media platform to ban President Trump, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Roger McNamee, author and early investor in Facebook about why platforms must pay for their role in last week's riots on Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Muster up your courage, listeners, because in Episode 8 of the Book XChange podcast, your twin co-hosts take on "tales of terror" - books and/or stories (even a few movies are mentioned!) that scare, provoke, disturb, unnerve or simply get under your skin. The twins are often asked by friends and family alike, "Why do you bother reading books that disturb or scare you?" We take a deep dive into horror as a genre, to attempt to answer that interesting question. Is there any value in books that evoke terror, and along the way, what are some of our favorites? We had a lot of fun recording this one (despite one technical glitch, sorry), and we hope you all have fun hearing and processing it. Keep reading, everyone! BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE: From Jude Current read: 'The Exorcist,' William Peter Blatty Recommended Tales of Terror: 'Night Shift'/'The Shining,' Stephen King; 'Songs of a Dead Dreamer'/'Grimscribe,' Thomas Ligotti; 'Outer Dark'/'Blood Meridian,' Cormac McCarthy; 'Beloved,' Toni Morrison; 'The Factory Series (novels),' Derek Raymond Next read: 'Our Kind of Traitor,' John Le Carré From John Current read: 'Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador,' John Gimlette Recommended Tales of Terror: 'At the Mountains of Madness'/'Supernatural Horror in Literature (essay),' H. P. Lovecraft; Classic horror stories medley: "Don't Look Now" & "The Birds" (Daphne du Maurier), "The Tell-Tale Heart" & "The Cask of Amantillado" (Edgar Allen Poe); "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Moxon's Master" & "The Boarded Window" (Ambrose Bierce); "Casting the Runes" & "Oh Whistle and I'll Come for You, My Lad" (M. R. James); 'Horrorstör,' Grady Hendrix; "The Killer Inside Me,' Jim Thompson; 'The Haunting of Hill House,' Shirley Jackson; "Fracture" & "Suicide Station" by Jude Joseph Lovell from his short story collection We'll See You When We Get There Next read: 'Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe,' Roger McNamee

Is it possible to safely moderate internet platforms like Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg's former mentor turned biggest critic, Roger McNamee, thinks not. The author of Zucked joins Damian Collins MP to discuss reforming Section 230, Joe Biden's campaign on political ads and continuing internal dissent at the company. The New York Times' Adam Satariano discusses the evolving influence of tech platforms over the years and the culture war on journalism. Dr Charles Kriel reports that a publication peddling hard right theories “The Epoch Times” is being pushed through letterboxes in West Sussex.

Roger McNamee has been a successful Silicon Valley investor for thirty five years.  He co-founded Silver Lake and Elevation Partners, two very successful private equity funds.  He also plays bass and guitar in the bands Moonalice and Doobie Decibel System.  He holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School. He has written 4 books, the latest one titled Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe.   Some interesting insights from this episode:  Roger had a very unusual approach to tech investing which allowed him to be highly successful.  Learn why he started Elevation Partners with U2's Bono.  Hear how one pivotal meeting with Mark Zuckerberg would forever alter the course of Facebook.  It was Facebook's lack of anonymity that Roger felt was key to bridging the gap to a much larger mainstream audience that prior social media companies had failed to reach.  While they are technically a platform, Facebook acts more like a media company by using sophisticated algorithms to control the content that users see on the site.  Social media manipulates us by exploiting the weakness in human psychology.  Learn what filter bubbles are and why they've contributed to our accepting and spreading false information.  “Technology has changed the way we engage with society, substituting passive consumption of content and ideas for civic engagement, digital communications for conversation.”  “Excellence is an outcome that reflects mastery of an activity in a time and in a place.”

He's back! Roger McNamee is a Silicon Valley veteran who's mentored everyone from Steve Jobs to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg. And more. But he's not here to talk about their success. He's here to talk about the ways their success is crippling our freedom. And how to change that. Before it's too late (also, I should say, I'm never a fan of "doom and gloom" marketing. This is not that. This is education. And knowledge. Which equals power.) This episode is the start of a privacy revolution. And you'll be glad to look back one day and say, "I remember how that got started." I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.    Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Recorded live at TED2019 for the TED Interview podcast: Roger McNamee -- early investor in Facebook turned outspoken critic -- sits down for an extended examination of big tech's missteps, and where we go from here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a show that relies on technology to propagate, we feel it's our responsibility to let you know that we don't know anything about you and probably never will. There was a time when that would have been insulting. Now it's considered benevolent. Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe Book Link- bit.ly/ZuckedCatastropheSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roger McNamee was Steve Jobs' mentor. And Bill Gates. And Mark Zuckerberg. Why is Roger so valuable to these people? What does he know that we don't? What did he have to offer the world's future billionaire visionaries? I also wanted to hear stories. What is Steve Jobs like? And Mark Zuckerberg? "When I met Mark he was different from everybody. But in a kind of cool, interesting way. I mean a little creepy too. But you have to keep in mind, tech entrepreneurs aren't like you and me." They're obsessed. And focussed. And sometimes equally underdeveloped as they are overdeveloped. One other thing about this interview: it'll change the way you think about technology.   I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.    Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn