2025.04.09

• Emerging Technologies

The Power of Private Individuals: The Informal Influence of Technology(Geoeconomic Briefing)

In his farewell address, President Biden sounded the alarm on the emergence of the "tech-industrial complex," drawing a parallel to President Eisenhower’s warning about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex" in his own 1961 farewell speech. This was a call to attention regarding the risks that the concentration of technology, power, and wealth poses to democracy. It is not difficult to imagine that among the individuals this speech alluded to was Elon Musk.