Adam Becker: belief

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…Are you implying though in a sense that because the the the wording of that Atlantic title was very interesting, you know, useful idiots. So in a sense, are you are you implying that they are they are genuine? But even though this is a culture that valorizes individual agency and you're saying they actually don't have individual agency, they're being kind of parasitized by some kind of emergent, you know, force above them that that perhaps they don't understand. I yeah. Except I wouldn't even I I would get more specific instead of saying an emergent force above them that they don't understand. I would say the venture capital startup ecosystem Silicon Valley. Like, it's yeah. You know? I I mean But even on that though, it's not it's not a conspiracy, is it? So No. No. No. No. They they also probably don't you know, they they probably think that they're just investing in technology and they're gonna make lots of money and so on. But I but I I I feel like you're making a slightly different point, is that there are machinations of power that lead in a certain direction.…

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