The Roots of Elon Musk’s War On Empathy w/ Julia Carrie Wong
05 08 25
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The Roots of Elon Musk’s War On Empathy
Julia Carrie Wong
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Julia Carrie Wong to discuss Elon Musk’s recent opposition to empathy, how it comes out of the Christian right, and the relationship it has to previous discussions of longtermism.
Guest
Julia Carrie Wong is a features writer at The Guardian.
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Links
- Julia wrote about how the Christian right is reframing empathy as a threat to civilization. In 2017, she also interviewed Elon Musk about worker injuries at Tesla.
- In February, none other than Pope Francis pushed back on JD Vance’s use of a Christian theological concept to justify Trump’s inhumane immigration policies.