Kamala Harris’s Bratty Coconut Memescape + What Does $1,000 a Month Do? + The Empire CrowdStrikes Back

Hard Fork

This week, the memes didn’t just fall out of coconut trees — a rundown of the social media reaction to Kamala Harris’s election campaign, and an exploration of what her tech platform might look like. Then we discuss a major new study on universal basic income with Elizabeth Rhodes, research director at OpenResearch, and ask whether it could be a solution to job losses to A.I. And finally, Kate Conger, a New York Times reporter, joins us to break down how the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike crashed the global IT infrastructure.

Guests:

• Elizabeth Rhodes, Research Director at OpenResearch
• Kate Conger, New York Times reporter
  

Additional Reading:

• What is the KHive?
• Is It Silicon Valley’s Job to Make Guaranteed Income a Reality?
• OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study
• When Tech Fails, It Is Usually With a Whimper Instead of a Bang
  

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