Ahead of the midterm elections, Elon Musk has become the single largest campaign donor in any election cycle, giving about $450 million to Republicans. It is just a fraction of a percent of his near-trillion-dollar net worth.Musk’s control over SpaceX, Starlink, X, Tesla and Neuralink, on top of his riches, has given him power over wealth, attention and critical infrastructure that few human beings have ever amassed before. What does he want to do with all this power? What is he trying to buy with his campaign spending? What is the world he wants to build?Quinn Slobodian is a professor of international history at Boston University. He’s the author of “<a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674244849" rel="noopener noreferrer">Globalists</a>,” “<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9781890951917/hayeks-bastards?srsltid=AYCX9vJKfuQMD4MKrXdMrxt_o7f5gQ1BHv5L4M0W_0jhoxDGgR8I_2Xn" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hayek’s Bastards</a>” and, most recently, “<a rel="noopener noreferrer">Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed</a>,”&nbsp;which he co-wrote with Ben Tarnoff.Book Recommendations:“<a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036760" rel="noopener noreferrer">Extraction</a>” by Thea Riofrancos“<a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=silicon-empires-the-fight-for-the-future-of-ai--9781509550487" rel="noopener noreferrer">Silicon Empires</a>” by Nick Srnicek“<a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2858-against-tech-oligarchy" rel="noopener noreferrer">Against Tech Oligarchy</a>” by JS Tan and Clarissa RedwineThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at <a href="mailto:ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com</a>.You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html</a>&nbsp;This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Isaac Jones. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Kyle I. Kelley. Video editing by Julian Hackney, Kristen Williamson and Arpita Aneja. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser.
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