#1783 The Ideology of a Cancer Cell: AI, Surveillance, and Silicon Valley's Psychopath Problem

Air Date: 4/10/2026 Today we examine the ideology quietly driving Silicon Valley — a worldview that treats growth, extraction, and the erasure of human messiness as virtues. We'll hear how tech leaders from Sam Altman to Larry Ellison embody a kind of corporate psychopathy, why Zuckerberg never understood what Facebook actually is, and how the cult of "go for its own sake" may be the most dangerous religion of our time. Be part of the show! Leave a voice message , message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01 , or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes Check out our new show, SOLVED! on YouTube ! BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads) Join our Discord community TOP TAKES KP 1: This Will Be the Death of Us All! - PissedMagistus - Air Date 3-18-26 KP 2: Palantir Weirdo Gets Cornered By Journalist - The Majority Report w/Sam Seder - Air Date 1-24-26 KP 3: Sam Altman Isn't Building a Company, He's Building an Empire (with Karen Hao) Part 1 - There Are No Girls on the Internet - Air Date 3-31-26 KP 4: Sam Altman Is Dangerous To Silicon Valley - Better Offline - Air Date 6-13-24 KP 5: Ash Sarkar Calls Silicon Valley Tech Bros Emotionally Maladapted Psychopaths - BBC Question Time - Air Date 10-27-25 KP 6: Why Fun Tech Jobs Went Extinct - Good Work - Air Date 3-27-26 KP 7: Zuck Never Understood the Metaverse - The Morbid Zoo - Air Date 4-4-26 (00:47:59) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR AI Isn't Taking Your Job—But Your Boss Wants You to Think It Is DEEPER DIVES (01:02:18) SECTION A: ARE THEY ALL PSCHOPATHS? (01:50:08) SECTION B: THE CULT(URE) OF SILICON VALLEY (02:34:34) SECTION C: AN END TO THE ENDLESS SCROLL SHOW IMAGE CREDITS Credit: Internal design. Component images: "Sam Altman" by TechCrunch, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | " Larry Ellison " by Greg Rubenstein, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | " Mark Zuckerberg " by Ian Kennedy, Flickr | License: CC BY SA 2.0 | Changes for all 3: Cropped and effects applied. Other image from Pixabay

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