Curious Audio

By the curious, for the curious.

[Rachel Maddow @maddow]

"Mr. Trump abruptly announced that he would be speaking at West Point. That was news to everyone, including West Point.
They are now summoning 1000 cadets scattered across the country to return to campus in New York, a state at the center of the outbreak."
https://t.co/Hm9ZLyTq7e

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

1/ THREAD: This argument about efficiency feels like it has seeped into every aspect of our society. We give up more and more of ourselves to tech companies because we want to use our time as efficiently as possible.

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

5/ He sees that more minorities are dying of Covid-19 than white people, and he’s playing the odds. If he can prevent mail-in ballots in as many states as possible, let potential voters for his opponent die at higher rates than his supporters, depress voter turnout, and let…

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

4/ …only arrive at one conclusion. He wants a second wave. He wants our system to be pushed to the brink, our hospitals overrun, our economy ravaged. Because now, it’s his only chance.

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

3/ …before his own narrow self-interest), he would undoubtedly lose the election in November.

But as I look at him encouraging the re-opening of many businesses, sowing chaos by telling his supporters to liberate Minnesota, Virginia, and Michigan (swing states, btw), I can…

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

2/ Trump is undoubtedly a buffoon with many mental deficiencies, but he’s also a pit viper who will do literally ANYTHING to survive. If he was behaving under the normal set of rules past Presidents have followed (putting the long-term health of the nation and its citizens…

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

What do you think the history books will say?

[Curious Audio @curious_audio]

Check out this new episode of #everythingtheyknow

🎙🎙🎙

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

In preparation for this episode, I asked for an introduction to someone I wanted to interview for this podcast, a former senior executive at a social media company. 

The response? 

“I sold. I’m out. I don’t want anyone to remember I was doing that.” 

https://t.co/RoOwOBNQAb

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

You might want to read the Terms or Service next time...

https://t.co/MVgfx59QnE

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

My new podcast launches tomorrow.

I've interviewed folks across the tech, government, and policy worlds to understand how the harvesting of human behavioral data and tech monopolies are negatively impacting humanity.

This is #everythingtheyknow

https://t.co/9Fw4O6LwEE

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

@The3Buckleys Thank you so much!

Trying to get as deep as we can in this first season, but definitely would love feedback as you continue listening.

Episode 2 dropped yesterday 🛸

https://t.co/fGr3Nggxnq

[ThreeBucks 😷 has Long Covid @The3Buckleys]

@ariandersen Halfway into episode 1, Ari, and I'm hooked!
Stellar first guest in Judy Estrin, wow.
I know you can't throw the entire truth at your audience on day one, but I truly hope you talk soon about the exploitation of the socmed and data collection by trans-national organized crime.🤔

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

10 years ago, technology was a tool for human beings to live better, more fulfilling, more efficient lives.

Now, we are the tools that technology is using to make itself smarter, more efficient, and more ubiquitous.

This is #everythingtheyknow

https://t.co/fGr3Ngy8M0

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

Tech companies can take whatever they want from us, and we give it to them willingly.

In exchange for the convenience of modern life, we sign away everything there is to know about us.

Do you know #everythingtheyknow?

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

I would also like to point out at the same time the Trump administration is in a swivet about Huawei, they’re also making moves to eliminate end-to-end encryption and demand back doors into all of your communication services and devices.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

What normally happens when a public official retaliates against a witness who testified about the public official’s criminal conduct is that the public official goes to prison.

[Curious Audio @curious_audio]

This is...amazing.

@MikeBloomberg give them all the moneys to make ads.

[The Dangerous Ones @DangerousOnesHQ]

BREAKING: Remember America? We do.
#ImpeachmentDay

[Curious Audio @curious_audio]

Tune into Everything They Know on Feb. 4, our newest podcast that takes a deep dive into the terrifying scale and power of tech monopolies. https://t.co/JwAvyrLfUw

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

Reminder that @tiktok_us is using your children to train China's $30b artificial intelligence.

Every time you # an activity in the app, you're making their AI smarter.

That same AI is spitting out thousands of names a week to be rounded up and taken to camps in Xinjiang.

[Ari Andersen @ariandersen]

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...So help me God."

You took an oath, @RandPaul.