Better Offline
The Mind of Larry Ellison w/ Tom Dotan
October 21, 2026·1h 1m·6-min readconversationaltechnology
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On the 80th anniversary of the Allied liberation of southern France, Ed Zitron welcomes writer Tom Dutton to dissect Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder and Silicon Valley’s most leathery, debt-magnetizing goblin-ghoul capitalist, whose life reads like a Shakespearean tragedy written by
On the 80th anniversary of the Allied liberation of southern France, Ed Zitron welcomes writer Tom Dutton to dissect Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder and Silicon Valley’s most leathery, debt-magnetizing goblin-ghoul capitalist, whose life reads like a Shakespearean tragedy written by
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