Siddharth Kara (2026) - Modern Slavery in Your Smartphone Battery
This text features an interview between Joe Rogan and researcher Siddharth Kara, focusing on the harrowing realities of modern and historical slavery. Kara explains that the global demand for rechargeable technology and artificial intelligence has created a "human apocalypse" in the Congo, where hundreds of thousands of people, including children, mine cobalt and lithium in toxic, life-threatening conditions. He draws a direct parallel between these modern abuses and the Atlantic slave trade, the subject of his book The Zorg, which details the barbaric treatment of Africans and the birth of a…
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