Dex Hunter-Torricke: Translating the Titans of Tech
4/9/20261 hr 12 min
In this episode, Trevor sits down with author and strategist Dex Hunter-Torricke, who has spent years behind the scenes with some of the most powerful people in tech, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Eric Schmidt, and has seen influence move from institutions into the hands of a few companies and the people running them.
Together, they explore what that shift feels like from the inside, how much power is concentrated at the top, accountability and the lack of it, and what it means when the people shaping the future are also writing the rules as they go.
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First 90 secondsDex Hunter-Torricke· Guest0:00
The verdict is in. That landmark social media addiction trial, Meta and YouTube found liable for a product that harms the very children who use it.
Speaker 10:09
Big tech, your gig is over.
Speaker 20:11
They do it by design. They're trying to keep us all scrolling. It's bad for us. It's really bad for kids. I'll tell you this. If the jury had returned a no, the champagne corks would be popping in the boardrooms of Google and Meta.
Speaker 30:25
And for parents, we now know that they were manipulating our children for profit.
Speaker 40:30
Every kid with a cellphone that ... With any device with a camera and connection to the internet is in danger.
Trevor Noah· Host0:38
[upbeat music] This is What Now? with Trevor Noah. [upbeat music] All right, Eugene.
Speaker 60:51
Mm.
Trevor Noah· Host0:52
Let's play a little game. You know, make something fun. Two truths and a lie.
Speaker 60:56
Mm-hmm.
Trevor Noah· Host0:56
Here we go. One, I've had to tell a world leader that their fly was undone. Two, when getting dressed, I don't do sock, sock, shoe, shoe. I do sock, shoe, sock, shoe. Three, I've been a Verizon customer for 11 years. What do you think?
Speaker 61:13
Hm. Very confused. First of all, why would a world leader own a fly? 'Cause those things just come uninvited. Secondly, lying to a friend is not cool. It's never been a game.
Trevor Noah· Host1:23
No, Eugene, a, a fly is for ... Like the zip is what ... And then it's, it's, it's not a lie.