It was Bret Weinstein, during the Covid response episode, who first introduced me to the contemporary metaphorical concept of Goliath. It may be a metaphor, but it represents something real. This is clearly true even if we cannot identify exactly what that something is. Matthew 7:16 taught us to know a tree by its fruit. Using this lesson, we may not know exactly what Goliath represents, but we can know its purpose by what it does. The purpose of any system is what it does. And today, I think we can broaden Matthew: By its fruit, we know it exists.
There is much in this two part conversation that I disagree with; there is much more that I do agree with. Plus, I also share many of Weinstein and Carlson's open questions. In any case, if you want to be smarter about what is going on in the world today, have a listen.