Backlight
Season 25 Episode 3 - Apartheid as a business model
According to author and investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein, Big Tech and governments will increasingly join forces to control — and ultimately oppress — populations. He argues that all of Palestine has effectively become a laboratory for the surveillance industry. The notion that every Palestinian poses a threat has become so mainstream that everyone must be monitored. To keep that system running, Israel has for years received assistance from Big Tech, including one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies: Palantir — named after a seeing stone with prophetic powers from *The Lord of the Rings*.
Episodes in Season 25
The Silent Economic Crisis
23 min
China’s major charm offensive
23 min
Apartheid as a business model
19 min
When will the AI bubble burst?
21 min
From wrestling hero to autocrat
22 min
Fascism is back
15 min
The enshittification of the internet
21 min
The murder of capitalism
19 min
Away with the super rich
18 min
Get rid of the diploma arrogance
19 min
Consultant in power
18 min
Why reality does not exist
19 min
Does satire still have a future
24 min
The dark site of the energy transition
26 min
Are we alone in the universe?
28 min
The new perspective on our evolution
25 min
Drones that think
22 min
