Zuckerberg spent $600 billion to buy the one thing that was never for sale | Pirate Street Journal

The Pirate Street Journal · Sep 9, 2026 · 39m

HERE'S WHAT WE COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

1. The question is not how good your model is. It is whether we trust you.

Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay on Monday. Meta is releasing open weight models again, defending distillation, and starting a $1 billion fund for the towns around its data centers. He says the board should set model safety rules, not him. Meanwhile Meta is spending up to $145 billion on capital this year and $600 billion by 2028. As a category manifesto, a document that frames a problem and paints a new future, it works. The trouble is the give to get. You do not pay for…