Big Tech – The New Empires of the Digital Age

This episode explores how a few technology giants—Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—have built digital empires controlling communication, commerce, and information. It explains how their business model depends on surveillance and data extraction, creating a new form of capitalism where human experience itself becomes a product. The episode exposes their monopolistic ecosystems, political influence, and growing dominance in artificial intelligence, while warning that unchecked power in the digital realm threatens democracy, privacy, and human autonomy.