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Quinn Slobodian

professor of international history, Boston University

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“he's trying to make the world ever more dependent on his infrastructures, and the use of SpaceX as the really monopoly launch provider to put things into low Earth orbit”
Elon Musk’s EndgameThe Ezra Klein Show, October 30, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Answering Klein's opening question about what Musk is trying to buy with the campaign spending.
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“by their own statements the tech leadership now assumes that almost all of those knowledge jobs are going to be automated away”
Elon Musk’s EndgameThe Ezra Klein Show, October 30, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Slobodian on why IQ-based ideas about elites look different now that AI is expected to take over knowledge work.
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“So it's actually not true that there's inevitability to the world that he's imagining. It actually is true that we have options”
Elon Musk’s EndgameThe Ezra Klein Show, October 30, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Responding to Musk's remark that there is no button to stop AI.
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  1. PodcastThe Ezra Klein ShowSpeaks

    Elon Musk’s Endgame

    In a 71-minute interview, historian Quinn Slobodian tells Ezra Klein that Elon Musk's $450 million in Republican donations and control of SpaceX, X and xAI aim to entrench dependence on Musk's infrastructure. They discuss Musk's views on AI, jobs and politics.