Tech Won't Save Us
Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.
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Episodes (362)
Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce
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Unionizing the Video Game Industry w/ Taylor Welling & Kathryn Friesen
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No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner
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Crypto Is Spending Millions to Sway the US Election w/ Molly White
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Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots? w/ Hussein Kesvani
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Shopify’s Right-Wing Inner Circle w/ Luke LeBrun & Rachel Gilmore
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Escaping the Processed World w/ Chris Carlsson
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Silicon Valley is Backing Donald Trump w/ Jacob Silverman
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Generative AI is a Climate Disaster w/ Sasha Luccioni
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Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism w/ David Gerard
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Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler
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How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel
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Can Europe Chart Its Own Path on Tech? w/ tante
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Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI w/ Nitasha Tiku
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How the FBI Tapped the Encrypted Chats of Criminals Around the World w/ Joseph C...
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GoFundMe Profits from People’s Pain w/ Nora Kenworthy
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Tech’s Plan to ‘Ethnically Cleanse’ San Francisco w/ Gil Duran
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How BYD is Upending the EV Market w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
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Tesla is Choosing Hype Over Substance w/ Edward Niedermeyer
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How SHEIN Took Over Fast Fashion w/ Nicole Lipman
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The Religious Foundations of Transhumanism w/ Meghan O’Gieblyn
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How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction w/ Alex Shephard
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Kara Swisher Shows Tech Journalism’s Flaws w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
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Deepfake Abuse is a Crisis w/ Kat Tenbarge
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What Elon Musk Won’t Tell You About Settling Mars w/ Zach Weinersmith
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What the TikTok Ban Reveals About US Tech Policy w/ Jacob Silverman
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Time for a Butlerian Jihad?: A ‘Dune’ Chat w/ Ed Ongweso Jr & Brian Merchant
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Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger w/ Ed Zitron
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Plastic Recycling Is a Scam w/ Dharna Noor
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A Setback for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe w/ Ben Wray
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How Foreverism Degrades Our Culture w/ Grafton Tanner
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How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech w/ Zachary Kaiser
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France’s Start-Up Nation Is a Neoliberal Hell w/ Nastasia Hadjadji
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What’s Really Killing the News Media? w/ Victor Pickard
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How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting w/ Eric Silver
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AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit Gebru
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What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade w/ Vincent Bevins
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How the Mirror World Distorts Our Reality w/ Naomi Klein
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The Year In Tech 2023 w/ Gita Jackson, Molly White, & Aaron Thorpe
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Why Tech Makes Us More Insecure w/ Astra Taylor
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How Effective Accelerationism Divides Silicon Valley w/ Émile Torres
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Don’t Praise Bill Gates w/ Tim Schwab
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The Human Side of the AI Underclass w/ Joanne McNeil
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The Fight Over the Future of OpenAI w/ Mike Isaac
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The Information War in Gaza w/ Marwa Fatafta
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Sam Bankman-Fried is Guilty w/ Jacob Silverman
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Elon Musk Unmasked: Shaping the Future (Part 4)
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Elon Musk Unmasked: Building An Empire (Part 3)
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Elon Musk Unmasked: Creating the Genius Myth (Part 2)
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Elon Musk Unmasked: Origins of an Oligarch (Part 1)
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