Defective altruism

This week Ged Smyth and Jamie Reynolds join us as we crash a Tesla, crash crypto and save Star Wars.

FOLLOW

• MOMENTOUS

• The MOMENTEAM

FOLLOW-UP

• Twitter lays off 5K contractors in surprise 2nd wave of cuts, more mods lost

• Musk ignored Twitter staff’s warning that scammers would abuse paid verification

• Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th

NEWS

• FTX says it could have over 1 million creditors in new bankruptcy filing

• Collapse of FTX raises questions about cryptocurrency’s viability

• Sam Bankman-Fried was an effective altruism evangelist, pledging to give away most of his $26 billion fortune—it might have ultimately caused his downfall

• Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin says it's a mistake to dismiss everything FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried did despite 'fraud'

• Nike's NFT platform .Swoosh will let you swap virtual sneakers

• Ken Block's first electric Gymkhana features a one-of-a-kind Audi EV

• Rimac Nevera hits top speed of 256 mph to become world’s fastest production EV

• Lucid Reveals Tantalizing Details of the 2024 Gravity EV

• Lucid unveils its less expensive Air models

• Consumer Reports finds hybrid cars are more reliable than gas-only models

• Tesla China responds to dramatic crash that kills two [video]

ENTERTAINMENT

• Andor Is What Star Wars Was Meant to Be

• Where Is ‘Andor’s’ Massive Audience? Blame Disney for Too Many Bad ‘Star Wars’ Stories

• Every Canceled (or Re-Worked) Disney Star Wars Project

MOMENTOUS PICKS

• Top Gun: Maverick 4K Blu-ray

• Appsheet

• Morbius

TEAM MOMENTOUS PROJECTS

• Rogue Leader livestreams: Andor

• Fabulous Flix livestreams: House of the Dragon / The Rings of Power