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Part Two: NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?

December 18, 2025·29 min·6-min readnarrativetechnology
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This episode dissects the enduring cultural and financial legacy of Enron’s corporate fraud, drawing parallels to modern concerns about Nvidia’s dominance in the AI chip market, questioning whether today’s tech valuation practices mirror Enron’s reality-distorting accounting and speculati

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Ed ZitronKen LayJeff SkillingAndy Fastow

Companies

EnronNvidiaArthur Andersen

Research & Papers

Scaling Laws for Neural Language Modelsby OpenAI

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceBusiness NewsEconomicsFinancial IndependenceInvestigative JournalismLarge Language ModelsTech News

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