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Elon Musk's Acquisition of Twitter: A Sign of the End of an Era
03:11 - 04:54 (01:43)
This episode discusses the implications of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, highlighting its practical significance as an important platform for public discourse and its symbolic meaning as the end of Twitter's identity as a disruptive, bottom-up force in society.
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