E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more

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Show Notes:

00:00Besties intro

03:37Lina Khan appointed to the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission

07:02Will Lina break up big tech? Which one will be first?

18:02Potential repercussions to consumers

27:48Sacks’ antitrust experience at PayPal vs. Ebay, Visa & MasterCard

29:50Google’s multi-trillion dollar data trove

35:40The U.S. government's capability to silently take data while “gagging” Big Tech

53:32COVID’s psychic shadow, Friedberg’s office landlord is still requiring masks

1:00:17Jon Stewart’s lab leak bit on Stephen Colbert’s show

1:10:04California’s wildfire risk increasing with climate change

1:20:57Besties summer plans

Referenced in the show:

Chamath's 2019Annual Letter re: Big Tech breakup

https://www.socialcapital.com/annual-letters/2019

Big Tech Gag Order (mentioned by Sacks)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/13/microsoft-brad-smith-trump-justice-department-gag-orders/

Obama Administration Record Seizure (mentioned by Sacks)

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/phone-records-of-journalists-of-the-associated-press-seized-by-us.html?referringSource=articleShare

California Forest fire maps (mentioned by Friedberg)

https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1398474379214802951/photo/1

Jon Stewart On Vaccine Science And The Wuhan Lab Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8

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