Paris Marx is joined by Nika Roza Danilova to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting artists, the privileged worldview of tech, the human essence of art, and why that cant be replicated by artificial intelligence. She also provides advice on how to best support artists and her hopes for what a better world for artists might look like. Nika Roza Danilova makes music under the name Zola Jesus . Her fifth studio album, Okovi, was released in 2017. Read her essay On AI and Silicon Fascist Privilege for...
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Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the big Axie Infinity hack, what's wrong with the New York Times' Latecomer's Guide to Crypto, and what Molly's years as a Wikipedia editor have taught her about the problem with web3's vision of total commercialization.Molly White is a software engineer and the creator of web3 is going just great. Follow Molly on Twitter at @molly0xFFF.🎉 This month is the show's second birthday. To celebrate, we want to get 100 new supporters at $5/month or...
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Spotify claims to be good for music, but is that true? Liz Pelly argues it continues a long history of exploitation and needs to be fought with a vision for a different kind of music industry.
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Paris Marx is joined by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese to discuss the environmental crises of climate change and mass extinction we face, and why taking them seriously while providing for everyone requires a radical change to how we structure society.Drew Pendergrass is a PhD candidate in environmental engineering at Harvard University and Troy Vettese is an environmental historian and a Max Weber fellow at the European University Institute. They are the co-authors of Half-Earth Socialism: A...
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Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss the internets connection with neoliberalism, Chinas protectionist measures to develop its own tech industry, and how the new tensions between the United States and China are leading Silicon Valley to embrace nationalism. JS Tan is a former tech worker and writer. He is an editor at Lausan and started Collective Actions in Tech . He recently wrote articles about the tech angle on the Cold War for Foreign Policy and Trumps attempted TikTok ban for...
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Is Amazon serious about keeping workers safe? Will Evans explains high rates of injury in its warehouses aren't coming down because it won't reduce its production targets.
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Paris Marx is joined by Tania Davidge to discuss the campaign to stop Apple from building a store in the middle of Melbournes Federation Square and how the companys vision of a town square differs from what a true public space should be. Tania Davidge is architect, artist, educator, writer, and researcher. She is the president of Citizens for Melbourne, a public space advocacy group, and the co-founder of the architectural research practice OoPLA. She recently wrote about the need to preserve...
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Paris Marx is joined by Ryan Broderick and Hussein Kesvani to discuss how war gets filtered through social media and the content economy, and what that means for how we make sense of it.Ryan Broderick writes the Garbage Day newsletter and hosts Content Mines. Hussein Kesvani is a writer and the co-host of Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts. Follow Ryan on Twitter at @broderick and Hussein at @HKesvani.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society...
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What's next in the fight for gig workers' rights after Prop 22? Wilfred Chan argues it will require solidarity from other workers because if the companies entrench their new contractor model, they'll be coming for other industries next.
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Paris Marx is joined by David Golumbia to discuss the ideology of cyberlibertarianism, the right-wing politics of cryptocurrencies and blockchains, and why the left shouldn't embrace them.David Golumbia is an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of \"The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism.\" He's also writing a new book called \"Cyberlibertarianism\" from Minnesota University Press. Follow David on Twitter as @dgolumbia.??...
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Calls are growing for vaccine passports as more people get vaccinated, but are they a good idea? Elizabeth Renieris explains how embracing digital identity apps now could make them hard to get rid of after the pandemic.
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Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India's gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their conditions.Noopur Raval is a postdoctoral research fellow at the AI Now Institute at New York University. Follow Yaseen on Twitter at @tetisheri.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people...
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Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Proposition 22 and the contract status of gig workers is reminiscent of the United States' history of racial wage codes, which codified lower wages for Black workers. Veena Dubal is a Professor of Law at UC Hastings. Follow Veena on Twitter at @veenadubal. Go back to episode 10 (May 21, 2020) for Veena's first appearance on the podcast. 🚨 T-shirts are now available! Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and...
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Australia wants Google and Facebook to pay news publishers - but does it serve the public interest? Lizzie O'Shea explains how the plan is being pushed by media giants that want to profit from tech's data-extractive business model.
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Paris Marx is joined by Zachary Loeb to discuss the history of tech criticism with a focus on Joseph Weizenbaum and Lewis Mumford, as well as why the techlash is a narrative that suits Silicon Valley.Zachary Loeb is a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania whose dissertation research looks at Y2K. Follow Zachary on Twitter as @libshipwreck, and check out his Librarian Shipwreck blog.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview,...
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Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss why we should care about the supply chains of technology, what that resource extraction means for people in Latin America, and how we should think about a less resource-intensive future. Thea Riofrancos is the author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador and co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal . She is also an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College and a...
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Paris Marx is joined by Margaret O'Mara to discuss how the state and military have been at the center of the US tech industry since the very beginning, but how it was written out of the popular narrative during the neoliberal turn in the 1980s.Margaret O'Mara is the author of \"The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America\" and a professor at the University of Washington. Follow Margaret on Twitter as @margaretomara.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its...
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Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the state of the gig economy in Europe, including the Spanish riders law, recent court ruling on employment status in the Netherlands, strikes in Germany and Greece, and the forthcoming platform workers directive from the European Commission.Ben Wray is a coordinator at the Gig Economy Project and a freelance journalist. Follow Ben on Twitter at @Ben_Wray1989.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its...
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Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff to discuss why we should look to the Luddites for inspiration, how history could inform a better future of technology, and what tech organizing might look like under a Joe Biden administration. Ben Tarnoff is a co-founder of Logic Magazine and co-authored Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Doand How They Do It with Moira Weigel. The book will be released in October and can be preordered now. Follow Ben on Twitter as @bentarnoff . Tech...
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What can the history of computing teach us about modern tech problems? Mar Hicks explains what Britain's sexist and colonial computing practices should teach us about what's happening in the United States today.
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Paris Marx is joined by Quintin Smith to discuss how Roblox profits from the labor of children, built an exploitative in-game economy, and needs to be regulated as soon as possible.Quintin Smith is a journalist working with People Make Games and Shut Up & Sit Down. Follow Quintin on Twitter at @Quinns108.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast...
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Paris Marx is joined by Stephen Diehl to discuss why technologists are divided on crypto, what's wrong with blockchain, why crypto assets are scams, and why web3 is a rebranding effort.Stephen Diehl is software engineer and crypto skeptic based in London. Follow Stephen on Twitter at @smdiehl.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow...
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Paris Marx is joined by Kevin Driscoll to discuss the history of France's Minitel system, the insights it provides about the modern platform economy, and whether the internet will one day be shut down too.Kevin Driscoll is the co-author of \"Minitel: Welcome to the Internet\" with Julian Mailland. He's also a professor at the University of Washington and the author of the forthcoming book \"The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media.\" Follow Kevin on Twitter as...
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Paris Marx is joined by Jenny Chan to discuss the difficult lives of Foxconn factory workers, the companys relationship with Apple, the structural roadblocks to better working conditions, and how Chinese workers are trying to push back. Jenny Chan is the co-author of Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn, and The Lives of Chinas Workers with Mark Selden and Pun Ngai. Its available from Haymarket Books and Pluto Press . She is also an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic...
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Bill Gates is showered with positive press - but should he really be considered the \"good\" billionaire? Tim Schwab explains the political power and conflicts of interest of the Gates Foundation.
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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Harnett to talk about how the flaws in tech journalism provide a distorted view of what tech companies are actually doing and why it looks like California will finally force ride-hail drivers to be recognized as employees (without Uber and Lyft). Sam Harnett is a reporter covering labor and tech at KQED in the Bay Area. He recently made a radio series called How We Got to Here and is the co-creator of The World According to Sound . Sam has an essay about the problems...
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Paris Marx is joined by Bennett Tomlin to discuss last week's crash of Terra and Luna, the problems with stablecoins, and whether this collapse will finally force regulators to take action on cryptocurrency.Drew Pendergrass is a co-host of Crypto Critics' Corner and writer of the FUD Letter. Follow Bennett on Twitter at @BennettTomlin.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better...
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Paris Marx is joined by Alissa Walker to discuss how Elon Musks Boring Company transportation system has changed over the past few years, what his plans in Las Vegas mean for workers and transit users, and why tech companies are distracting us from a real vision of better cities. Alissa Walker is the urbanism editor at Curbed, co-host of LA Podcast, and a contributor to KCRWs Greater LA. She recently reported on the latest updates on the Boring Company and its project in Las Vegas , and did a...
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Paris Marx is joined by Maria Bustillos to discuss the important work of the Internet Archive, why it opened a digital National Emergency Library during the pandemic, how access to culture is essential for the social good, and why the major publishers are trying to permanently restrict digital lending in a narrow-minded bid for short-term profit. Maria Bustillos is the founding editor of Popula and Brick House. She recently wrote about the major publishers lawsuit against the Internet Archive...
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Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss how social and environmental crises fuel nostalgia, how companies profit from it, and whether it can be reoriented to inspire a better future.Grafton Tanner is the author of \"The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia\" from Repeater Books. Follow Grafton on Twitter at @GraftonTanner.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of...
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Is technology improving life in rural China? Xiaowei Wang explains how rural communities are being pulled into global e-commerce supply chains, and how while that works for some, commercialization is also encouraging unsustainable practices.
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Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Mark Zuckerberg's big plans for the metaverse, everything that's wrong with it, the concept's scifi origins, and why Silicon Valley is desperate to make it happen.Brian Merchant is the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone and Blood in the Machine, coming in 2022. Follow Brian on Twitter at @bcmerchant.?? T-shirts are now available!Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society...
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Paris Marx is joined by Rafael Grohmann to discuss the state of app-based work in Brazil, organizing by food delivery workers to demand better conditions, and even a recent strike by click farm workers. Rafael Grohmann is a professor at UNISINOS, coordinator at DigiLabour Research Lab, and principal investigator in Brazil of Fairwork Project. Follow Rafael on Twitter at @grohmann_rafael. ?? T-shirts are now available! Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and...
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Paris Marx is joined by Eden Medina to discuss Project Cybersyn, a technological system created by Chile's socialist government in the 1970s to manage production, and what it can teach us about political technology and innovation outside the Global North.Eden Medina is the author of \"Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile.\" She's also an associate professor at MIT and the Rita Howser Fellow at the Radcliffe Institite for Advanced Study at Harvard...
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Social media and popular culture constantly makes us feel nostalgic - but whose interests does that serve? Grafton Tanner argues corporations benefit from modern nostalgia, but it could be redirected to inspire a better future.
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Are digital ads really as effective as Google and Facebook want us to believe? Tim Hwang says they're not - and the financialization of the digital ad markets has created a bubble that could alter the internet as we know it.
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Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important contribution to the early web, and whether COVID-19 will change how we use platforms in the future. Joanne McNeil is the author of Lurking: How a Person Became a User . She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, WIRED, the Baffler, and more. Follow Joanne on Twitter as @jomc . Tech...
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Paris Marx is joined by Shannon Mattern to discuss what we miss when we see the city solely through the lens of the computer, and how other institutions and ways of knowing can help inform richer ways of understanding the city.Shannon Mattern is a professor of anthropology at The New School for Social Research and President of the Board at the Metropolitan New York Library Council. She is the author of \"Code and Clay, Data and Dirt\" and \"A City Is Not a Computer.\" Follow...
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Paris Marx is joined by Phil Jones to discuss the hidden microworkers behind supposedly AI-powered automation from major tech companies, how it differs in the Global North and South, and what it means for how we think about the future.Phil Jones is the author of Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism and a researcher at Autonomy. Follow Phil on Twitter at @philjones7771.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the...
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Paris Marx is joined by Molly Taft to discuss why we need to act now to reduce emissions, what role carbon removal technologies can play, and how Silicon Valley is trying to shift our focus to future technologies rather than taking drastic action today.Molly Taft is a staff writer at Earther. Follow Molly on Twitter at @mollytaft.🎉 This month is the show's second birthday. To celebrate, we want to get 100 new supporters at $5/month or above to bring on a producer to help make the show. Help...
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Paris Marx is joined by Corrina Laughlin to discuss how evangelical Christians have adapted to modern technologies, how churches have emulated startups, the growth of the faith tech sector, and whether there's anything that can be learned from their tech experiments.Corrina Laughlin is the author of Redeem All: How Digital Life Is Changing Evangelical Culture. She's also an instructor of media studies at Loyola Marymount University. Follow Corrina on Twitter at @CKLaughlin.Tech Won't Save Us...
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Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss the history of the film industry, how the digital revolution was promised to democratize film, and how it actually helped cement the power of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.Will Tavlin is a writer and fact checker based in New York City. Follow Will on Twitter at @wtavlin.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the...
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Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories he makes result in a cult-like devotion by those who follow him. Ilari Kaila is a Finnish-American writer and Composer-in-Residence at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work has been published by Aeon Magazine, Jacobin Magazine, Muftah Magazine, the Finnish Broadcasting...
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Paris Marx is joined by Grace Blakeley to discuss how low interest rates and quantitative easing fueled the tech economy's post-recession growth, why raising them won't fix the problems that's created, and whether higher interest rates are the solution to rising inflation.Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine and host of A World to Win. She's also the author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation and The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism....
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Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control. Rob Larson is the author of Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley and an economics professor at Tacoma Community College. He also recently wrote about how billionaire-funded philanthropy is a...
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Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Smiley to discuss what we've learned about the Uber crash since in happened in March 2018, what that's meant for the vehicle operator who's been charged, and whether the justice system made the right call in blaming her instead of Uber.Lauren Smiley is a WIRED contributor and freelance journalist based in San Francisco. Follow Laren on Twitter at @laurensmiley.🎉 This month is the show's second birthday. To celebrate, we want to get 100 new supporters at...
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How are gig workers organizing outside the Global North? Rida Qadri explains that workers in Jakarta have built structures to suit their local context instead of copying the demands of US workers.
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Is automation to blame for the lack of good jobs? Aaron Benanav argues it's not technology but a slowing economy that's failing to deliver, and that requires us to develop a new vision for the future.
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Paris Marx is joined by Justine Medina and Karen Ponce to discuss how the Amazon Labor Union succeeded in unionizing Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, what it's like working for Amazon, and where the movement to unionize Amazon goes next.Justine Medina is a packer at the JFK8 warehouse and is on the organizing committee of the Amazon Labor Union. Karen Ponce is a stower at JFK8 and the interim secretary of Amazon Labor Union. Follow Justine on Twitter at @jnmedina8989 and Karen at...
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Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss how Amazons response to COVID-19 has put its workers in danger, how big tech companies are partnering with oil and gas companies, and why the pandemic makes it clear that shopping at Amazon is unethical. Brian Merchant is a senior editor at OneZero and the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone . He recently wrote how the pandemic is accelerating the Amazonification of the economy and why its unethical to continue giving...
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