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
What’s Really Killing the News Media? w/ Victor Pickard
Paris Marx is joined by Victor Pickard to discuss the continued layoffs in news media, and how they are symptomatic of a deeper, structural crisis in journalism.Victor Pickard is Professor of Media P…
01:03:39 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting w/ Eric Silver
Paris Marx is joined by Eric Silver to discuss Spotify’s big plan to dominate podcasting, why it’s now pulling back from those efforts, and the difference between highly produced and more independent…
00:59:42 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit Gebru
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Timnit Gebru is the f…
01:01:26 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade w/ Vincent Bevins
Paris Marx is joined by Vincent Bevins to discuss the mass protests of the 2010s, the role that social and traditional media played in them, and why the horizontalism of those movements ultimately di…
00:57:12 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
How the Mirror World Distorts Our Reality w/ Naomi Klein
Paris Marx is joined by Naomi Klein to discuss the problems with personal branding pushed social media, how the left’s insufficient response to the pandemic created an opening for the right, and the …
01:00:41 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
The Year In Tech 2023 w/ Gita Jackson, Molly White, & Aaron Thorpe
2023 is over, so it’s time to go through everything! In a special year-end episode, we review the biggest stories of 2023, what we’re thinking of the AI hype, how science fiction makes us think about…
02:05:05 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Why Tech Makes Us More Insecure w/ Astra Taylor
Paris Marx is joined by Astra Taylor to discuss how capitalism creates insecurity to sustain itself, the way tech is used to make us more insecure, and what it will take to change that.Astra Taylor i…
01:03:08 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
How Effective Accelerationism Divides Silicon Valley w/ Émile Torres
Paris Marx is joined by Émile Torres to discuss Silicon Valley’s recent obsession with effective accelerationism, how it builds on the TESCREAL ideologies, and why it shows the divide at the top of t…
01:14:17 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Don’t Praise Bill Gates w/ Tim Schwab
Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss why the story we hear about Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation doesn’t reflect their real impact on education and health around the wor…
01:01:21 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Human Side of the AI Underclass w/ Joanne McNeil
Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss her new novel dealing with the human labor behind self-driving cars and the challenges of being a good tech critic.Joanne McNeil is the author of Wron…
00:56:35 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
The Fight Over the Future of OpenAI w/ Mike Isaac
Paris Marx is joined by Mike Isaac to discuss the drama around Sam Altman being temporarily removed from OpenAI, what it means for the future of the company, and how Microsoft benefits from its partn…
00:49:59 |
Thu 23 Nov 2023
The Information War in Gaza w/ Marwa Fatafta
Paris Marx is joined by Marwa Fatafta to discuss the ongoing Israeli campaign in Gaza, the importance of social media for sharing what’s happening on the ground, and what listeners can do to support …
01:16:13 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried is Guilty w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, why he was found guilty, and how his negative traits are common across Silicon Valley. Jacob Silverman is a journali…
01:08:49 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Elon Musk Unmasked: Shaping the Future (Part 4)
After building an empire, now Elon Musk wants us to believe he deserves it. He built a myth of his genius, and now he’s using the same to seed harmful ideologies into the public that justify how he h…
01:04:01 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Elon Musk Unmasked: Building An Empire (Part 3)
Elon Musk has built himself a corporate empire, but how did he do it? He’s styled himself at as the cofounder of Tesla, but the real innovations came from its actual founders before he took the credi…
00:52:52 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Elon Musk Unmasked: Creating the Genius Myth (Part 2)
Elon Musk is man, but he’s also a character that he crafted and which the media blew up to unimaginable scale. Without the media, Musk would not be the man he is today because that myth — and the way…
00:44:27 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Elon Musk Unmasked: Origins of an Oligarch (Part 1)
Elon Musk wasn't always the influential billionaire he is today. To begin our dive into the myth of Musk, we need to go back to his origins — to find out where he came from, what inspired him, and ho…
00:39:56 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried On Trial w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the start of the criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, what we know about the case, and whether he’s likely to be found guilty. Jacob Silverman …
00:56:13 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
The Real History of the Luddites w/ Brian Merchant
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the history of the Luddites, why we have their story all wrong, and what we can learn from them today. Brian Merchant is the technology columnist at …
01:01:12 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
SpaceX’s Regulatory Evasion Has Consequences w/ Eric Roesch
Paris Marx is joined by Eric Roesch to discuss the aftermath of the SpaceX Starship launch that caused so much environmental damage in April 2023 and the broader consequences of Elon Musk’s consisten…
01:02:28 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
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