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
Patreon Preview: How Big Tech Made the Cloud w/ Dwayne Monroe
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patr…
00:04:59 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
What Netflix Has Done to Movies w/ Will Tavlin
Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss how the Netflix model transformed film into the Typical Netflix Movie and how the company uses claims about data to deceive the public.Will Tavlin is a …
01:06:23 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
How Cloud Giants Cement Their Power w/ Cecilia Rikap
Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss the ways Amazon, Microsoft, and Google gain power from companies becoming dependent on their cloud services and how generative AI exacerbates that pro…
00:43:59 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
Maybe We Should Destroy AI w/ Ali Alkhatib
Paris Marx is joined by Ali Alkhatib to discuss the difficulty of holding the AI industry accountable and why sometimes it makes sense for people to destroy AI systems that are harming them.Ali Alkha…
00:36:15 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
The Year in Tech w/ Molly White, Brian Merchant, & Eric Wickham
Paris Marx is joined by Molly White, Brian Merchant, and Eric Wickham to discuss the highs and lows (mostly lows) of this year in tech news.Molly White is the creator of Web3 is Going Just Great and …
01:18:18 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
How Data Is Changing Air Travel w/ Amanda Mull
Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the data-informed decisions that are changing the way we all experience air travel, mostly for the worse. Amanda Mull is a senior reporter and Buying Po…
01:04:28 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Patreon Preview: Spain Doesn’t Have Water for Data Centers w/ Aurora Gomez Delgado
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patr…
00:03:50 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Should Australia Ban Teens from Social Media? w/ Cam Wilson
Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from social media, the interests driving it, and whether it’s the right approach to tackle the harms of those platforms…
01:01:06 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Patreon Preview: The Crippling Energy Demand of Ireland’s Data Centers w/ Brid Smith
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patr…
00:04:51 |
Tue 03 Dec 2024
Patreon Preview: Fighting Data Centers in Chile w/ Sebastian Lehuede
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patr…
00:05:37 |
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands w/ MV Ramana
Paris Marx is joined by MV Ramana to discuss the tech industry’s push to have nuclear energy power its data centers and why the reality of nuclear power isn’t as great as its promoters often make it …
01:02:16 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
The Forgotten Story of How Conservatives Shaped the Internet w/ Becca Lewis
Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss the right-wing project to shape the internet in the 1990s and how we’re still living with the legacies of those actions today.Becca Lewis is a postdocto…
00:59:48 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Patreon Preview: How Cloud Giants Cement Their Power w/ Cecilia Rikap
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patr…
00:06:23 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Making Sense of a Pro-Tech Trump Presidency w/ Brian Merchant
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the fallout from the US election, what it means for the tech industry, and more importantly, what it might mean for all of us. They also celebrate th…
01:04:56 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Patreon Preview: Maybe We Should Destroy AI w/ Ali Alkhatib
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. Starting this week, we’re releasing those interviews as bon…
00:04:57 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante
Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss troubling developments in the open source world as Wordpress goes to war with WP Engine and a new definition of open source AI doesn’t require being open abou…
01:04:04 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
Silicon Valley is Reshaping US Democracy w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss all the money Elon Musk is pouring into the US election and what Silicon Valley’s political influence will mean regardless of who becomes president.…
01:01:55 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Data Vampires: Fighting for Control (Episode 4)
Tech billionaires are embracing extreme right-wing politics. It’s not just to enhance their power, but to try to realize a harmful vision for humanity’s future that could see humans merging with mach…
00:35:38 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
The Threat of Data Colonialism w/ Ulises A. Mejias & Nick Couldry
Paris Marx is joined by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry to discuss how Silicon Valley's extractive data collection regime and the power it grants them resembles a much older form of exploitation: c…
01:00:15 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Data Vampires: Sacrificing for AI (Episode 3)
Sam Altman is clear: he’s ready to sacrifice anything for his AI fantasies. But are we? We dig into why generative AI has such extreme energy demands and how major tech companies are trying to rewrit…
00:30:47 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
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