Platforms for Public Good w/ Mathew Lawrence & Thomas Hanna
Tech Won't Save Us30 Joulu 2020

Platforms for Public Good w/ Mathew Lawrence & Thomas Hanna

Paris Marx is joined by Mathew Lawrence and Thomas Hanna to discuss the problems with platforms, why antitrust alone is not enough to fix them, and how we can encourage the creation of democratic platforms that serve the public good.Mathew Lawrence is the founder and director of Common Wealth. He’s also the co-author of “Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown.” Preorder it now from Verso Books and follow him on Twitter as @DantonsHead.Thomas Hanna is the research director at The Next System Project. He’s the author of “Our Common Wealth: The Return of Public Ownership in the United States.” Follow him on Twitter as @ThomasMHanna.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 (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.Also mentioned in this episode: Mathew and Thomas wrote a new report with Nils Peters called “A Common Platform: Reimagining Data and Platforms.” Eric Levitz wrote about how venture capitalists are like US central planners. Dan Hind wrote a previous report called “The British Digital Cooperative.” Support the show

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