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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
How Google & Facebook Dominate Digital Ads w/ Shoshana Wodinsky
Paris Marx is joined by Shoshana Wodinsky to discuss how digital ad markets work, how Google and Facebook maintain their dominance, and why the TikTok saga wasn’t really about China getting people’s …
00:38:04 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
How Foxconn Treats the Workers Who Built Your iPhone w/ Jenny Chan
Paris Marx is joined by Jenny Chan to discuss the difficult lives of Foxconn factory workers, the company’s relationship with Apple, the structural roadblocks to better working conditions, and how Ch…
00:50:22 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
A Better Internet Requires Ending the Monopolies w/ Cory Doctorow
Paris Marx is joined by Cory Doctorow to discuss how the problems we associate with Big Tech aren’t the result of mind-control systems, but corporation consolidation. Cory argues we need to stop buyi…
00:50:09 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Thinking about Tech in the Present Tense w/ Ben Tarnoff
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 und…
00:44:39 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
We Can’t Talk About Tech Without Talking About Resources w/ Thea Riofrancos
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 a…
00:52:42 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
How Tech Journalism Legitimized the Gig Economy w/ Sam Harnett
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 f…
00:37:37 |
Thu 20 Aug 2020
What the History of TV Can Teach Us About Netflix w/ Tom Evens
Paris Marx is joined by Tom Evens to discuss how the history of the television industry can give us important insights into the state of streaming video services and how regulators might respond to e…
00:36:02 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
How to Defeat an Apple Store w/ Tania Davidge
Paris Marx is joined by Tania Davidge to discuss the campaign to stop Apple from building a store in the middle of Melbourne’s Federation Square and how the company’s vision of a town square differs …
00:33:31 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
The Boring Company is a Complete Joke w/ Alissa Walker
Paris Marx is joined by Alissa Walker to discuss how Elon Musk’s Boring Company transportation system has changed over the past few years, what his plans in Las Vegas mean for workers and transit use…
00:38:24 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Space Mining Brings Capitalism to the Cosmos w/ Julie Michelle Klinger
Paris Marx is joined by Julie Michelle Klinger to discuss the myths around rare earth elements and how they’re fueling a movement to enclose and mine space. But a better, more collaborative future th…
00:39:12 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
The Global South Holds a Better Future of Tech w/ Juan Ortiz Freuler
Paris Marx is joined by Juan Ortiz Freuler to discuss the recent global negotiations on the taxation of multinational corporations, how Africa is demanding the digital labor of its citizens be accoun…
00:42:28 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Smart Tech Is Designed For Control w/ Jathan Sadowski
Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the politics of smart technology, how it enables powerful actors to further control the population, and why we should be more comfortable dismantlin…
00:41:08 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
Why Uber Failed at Micromobility w/ Aaron W. Gordon
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron W. Gordon to discuss how VC-backed tech companies upended the bike-share industry, how that specifically played out in the case of Uber and Jump, and why the dockless bi…
00:41:30 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Technofascism in India w/ Banu Subramaniam & Debjani Bhattacharyya
Paris Marx is joined by Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya to discuss Indian politics under Narendra Modi and the BJP; how contract-tracing apps and geofencing are being used to monitor peopl…
00:40:50 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Amazon Wants to Dominate Everything w/ Brian Merchant
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss how Amazon’s response to COVID-19 has put its workers in danger, how big tech companies are partnering with oil and gas companies, and why the pandem…
00:44:27 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Tech Giants Don't Care About Black Lives w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the labor practices, tech products, and global supply chains of tech companies prove they don't care about Black lives — regardless of what t…
00:41:17 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Art is More Than Ones and Zeroes w/ Nika Roza Danilova
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 can’t be replicated by artificial int…
00:40:34 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
A Cooperative Vision for Technological Innovation w/ Dan Hind
Paris Marx is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the problems with the existing tech industry and its links to the state, and his proposal for reorienting technological development to promote human flouri…
00:37:27 |
Thu 28 May 2020
Uber's War on Drivers w/ Veena Dubal
Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Uber's misclassification of drivers of independent contractors denies them rights and protections granted to other workers; how that's causing even …
00:38:13 |
Thu 21 May 2020
How Tech Platforms Affect Our Digital Lives w/ Joanne McNeil
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 …
00:38:04 |
Tue 19 May 2020
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