Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM UTCEExternal Link“The CEOs don’t like the world they’ve helped create.”Elon Musk and Joe Lonsdale are doing their best to make sure “the high-tech future will have to be built in a way that blends church, state and market, to the benefit of those most able to seize public resources and turn them to private profit.” The extractive world of today’s technology — harvesting your data and attention, among other things — has created the Texan Ideology.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Elizabeth Lopatto
“The CEOs don’t like the world they’ve helped create.”
Elon Musk and Joe Lonsdale are doing their best to make sure “the high-tech future will have to be built in a way that blends church, state and market, to the benefit of those most able to seize public resources and turn them to private profit.” The extractive world of today’s technology — harvesting your data and attention, among other things — has created the Texan Ideology. [Link: The Texan Ideology | https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-texan-ideology-turner | The Baffler]
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