{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/69bd85641a160b44dbb7f132?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Elon Musk redefined power","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/1774027954564-2193aff9-886d-47ae-93d7-c11a7c9c6f4c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 2025, Elon Musk took on an extraordinary role inside Washington, leading something called the Department of Government Efficiency - or Doge.</p><p><br></p><p>What followed was a radical experiment: an attempt to remake the machinery of the state using the logic of Silicon Valley and the language of memes.</p><p><br></p><p>To understand that moment, it helps to understand Musk himself.&nbsp;This is a figure shaped by his upbringing in apartheid South Africa and by coming of age alongside the early internet. He built his reputation by disrupting entire industries -&nbsp; even extending his reach beyond Earth -&nbsp; by moving fast, ignoring convention, and pushing his teams to extremes.</p><p><br></p><p>So what happens when you apply that philosophy to the state? </p><p><br></p><p>Tanjil Rashid is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}