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Feb 2024
41m 38s

Steve Keen, the Musketeer

Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
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Elon Musk has his fingers in many pies. Social media, space travel, internet access, AI. Even tunnel drilling. He’s grown from developing a modest series of online city guides, to being one of the richest men on the planet. Is he a genius, or simply a Trumpesque style wheeler and dealer? This week phil – not a big fan – asks Steve – massive fan – whether Elon Musk is actually good for humanity. It’s a chance for Steve to expound his theory that whatever else he is doing he is preparing the way for mankind to leave the planet and live on Mars. Disturbing news for Phil, who quite like it here, mostly.

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