Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.
Professor Penn hosts solo and opens the episode with a personal prayer for healing, using sickness, suffering, and faith to frame a larger reflection on human pain, trauma, and the need to “let go and let God.” He connects personal illness and intergenerational wounds to broader questions of survival, spiritual balance, and how people medicate pain through addiction, fear, and materialism. The episode then shifts into President Trump’s meeting in Beijing, using The Godfather as a metaphor for global power, backroom deals, and the way ordinary citizens are excluded from decisions made by political, financial, and tech elites. Penn draws on his own experience doing business in China to discuss Chinese history, Western imperialism,…
AI tech lords are prepping for a massive public backlash to their agenda.
By Kei Pritsker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to calm the public after someone tried to firebomb his house. But in secret he and other tech CEOs are preparing for a scenario where AI collapses society. The Grayzone's Kei Pritzker explains why so many tech elites are investing massive sums in hidden bunkers.Open