Better Offline
Hosted by Ed Zitron · 18 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
<p>Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. </p> <p>Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.</p>
Episodes 18
- Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 17mAI hacking claims expose a reliability problem, not rogue intelligenceThe episode separates genuine software risks from inflated claims about autonomy, showing why unreliable outputs become dangerous when automated loops can act on them.
- Aug 21, 2026 · 12 minAI’s investment boom confronts a growth problemThe episode argues that slowing revenue, paused development, and mounting costs could expose structural weakness across the AI industry.
- Aug 19, 2026 · 55 minAI’s infrastructure boom rests on spending, power and perfect executionThe episode tests whether AI’s enormous infrastructure buildout reflects durable economic demand or a speculative system sustained by financing, surveillance and corporate pressure.
- Aug 14, 2026 · 56 minAI promises creativity while hollowing out human judgmentThe episode tests whether automation can produce meaningful culture or merely accelerate the commodification of creative and social life.
- Aug 12, 2026 · 16 minNVIDIA’s AI boom rests on extraordinary growth expectationsThe episode examines whether NVIDIA’s projected expansion can withstand customers and hyperscalers using enormous debt to finance GPU purchases.
- Aug 7, 2026 · 24 minEd Zitron challenges the economics behind AI’s trillion-dollar buildoutThe episode questions whether AI revenues reflect durable customer demand or an industry propped up by subsidies, financial engineering, and social pressure.