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BestNetTech Podcast Episode 419: Blitzscaling For Tyrants

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from the bigger-faster-stronger dept

Tue, May 27th 2025 01:30pm -

In something of a followup to our last episode about Elon Musk’s playbook, today we’re digging deeper into the comparison between Washington and Silicon Valley and what it tells us about DOGE. Johns Hopkins International Affairs professor Henry Farrell has been looking specifically at the concept of “blitzscaling”, and this week he joins us on the podcast to talk about how Elon Musk and DOGE are bringing blitzscaling to government.

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