The Enshittifinancial Crisis: Part Three
The episode examines the unsustainable financialization of AI through venture capital and data center booms, arguing that massive valuations and debt-fueled infrastructure projects are built on speculative fiction rather than fundamentals. The host, Ed Zitron, warns of an impending collapse
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