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
The “Dark Elf” Leading Tech’s Extreme Right w/ Julia Black
Paris Marx is joined by Julia Black to discuss who Curtis Yarvin is and how his anti-democratic, far-right writings have influenced the politics of Silicon Valley and the wider American extreme right…
01:01:02 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Data Vampires: Opposing Data Centers (Episode 2)
As hyperscale data centers move into communities, they come with significant water and energy demands that some are not willing to put up with. We go to Ireland, Spain, and Chile to learn about the e…
00:33:22 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Gaza Is a Laboratory for Future Warfare w/ Spencer Ackerman
Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" …
00:55:25 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1)
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are the dominant players in the cloud market. Around the world, they’re building massive hyperscale data centers that they claim are necessary to power the future of our…
00:31:47 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Don’t Fall for Mark Zuckerberg’s Rebrand w/ Karl Bode
Paris Marx is joined by Karl Bode to discuss how Mark Zuckerberg's makeover and the PR campaign that’s accompanied it shouldn’t distract from the ongoing harms of his company.Karl Bode is a freelance…
00:58:04 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
What Happens to Our Digital Footprints When We Die? w/ Tamara Kneese
Paris Marx is joined by Tamara Kneese to discuss the difficult question of what happens to our digital presence after we die and why some tech billionaires are so desperate to make themselves into ch…
00:57:44 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Will Google’s Monopoly Be Broken Up? w/ Rob Larson
Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss the recent ruling that Google is a monopolist, what consequences it might face, and what lessons we can learn from the Microsoft antitrust case in the ea…
01:03:36 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google sidestepped two California bills aimed at funding journalism and how major tech companies are transforming the web to make hyperlinks less re…
01:01:22 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Unionizing the Video Game Industry w/ Taylor Welling & Kathryn Friesen
Paris Marx is joined by Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen to discuss how they formed wall-to-wall unions in the video game industry and their thoughts on broader challenges like layoffs and corporat…
00:56:22 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner
Paris Marx is joined by Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner to discuss the complicity of Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and how tech workers are organizing to stop…
00:56:05 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Crypto Is Spending Millions to Sway the US Election w/ Molly White
Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss why the crypto industry is spending millions on this election cycle and Coinbase’s potential breach of election finance law. Molly White writes the Cita…
00:57:35 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Is Social Media Fueling Far-Right Riots? w/ Hussein Kesvani
Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the far-right attacks that happened after the Southport stabbing in the UK and how larger structural issues in media, politics, and tech laid the gr…
01:08:07 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Shopify’s Right-Wing Inner Circle w/ Luke LeBrun & Rachel Gilmore
Paris Marx is joined by Luke LeBrun and Rachel Gilmore to discuss Shopify's connection to right-wing politics, through its interpersonal connection to a far-right news outlet and its reluctance to en…
00:58:44 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
Escaping the Processed World w/ Chris Carlsson
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Carlsson to discuss Processed World, a tech-critical, anti-capitalist magazine that satirized the absurdity of work in its publishing run between 1981 and 2005. Chris C…
01:01:22 |
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Silicon Valley is Backing Donald Trump w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss why tech billionaires have become more supportive of Donald Trump in the upcoming US election and whether Kamala Harris’ candidacy will disrupt the…
01:00:28 |
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Generative AI is a Climate Disaster w/ Sasha Luccioni
Paris Marx is joined by Sasha Luccioni to discuss the catastrophic environmental costs of the generative AI being increasing shoved into every tech product we touch. Sasha Luccioni is an artificial i…
01:00:00 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism w/ David Gerard
Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey’s decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology. David Gerard is the …
01:01:43 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here.Jason Koebler…
01:01:44 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Hickel to discuss how technology would change in a degrowth society and why it doesn’t make sense to organize society around profit and infinite expansion. Jason Hickel …
00:56:58 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Can Europe Chart Its Own Path on Tech? w/ tante
Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss why it’s hard for Europe to challenge the US and China on tech and why we should change how we think about innovation.tante is a writer, speaker, and Luddite …
01:03:12 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
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