Tech Won't Save Us3 Helmi 2022

Crypto Winter Is Coming w/ Jacob Silverman

As the podcast celebrates episode 100, Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the huge drop in crypto prices, the coming threat (to crypto) of interest rate hikes and regulation, the human impact of crypto schemes, and where things may be going next.Jacob Silverman is a staff writer at The New Republic and writes about crypto with the actor Ben McKenzie. Follow Jacob on Twitter at @SilvermanJacob.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: Jacob and Ben McKenzie wrote about Tether. Zeke Faux also wrote an essential article on the stablecoin, and Jacob recommends Crypto Critics Corner. Crypto prices have plunged, and that’s hurt regular people. New York’s Attorney General reached a settlement with Tether last year. VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is making a big lobbying push in Washington, DC to get favorable crypto regulations. Matt Damon and Spike Lee are among the celebrities to take crypto money and help pump the industry. US regulators are looking at crypto regulations, and Biden administration is planning an executive order to move it forward. China banned crypto mining, Russia proposed a ban on crypto, and many countries have suffered power outages due to crypto mining. Stephen Diehl wrote explained how crypto is about arbitraging securities regulation. Diane Jeantet wrote about a massive series of Bitcoin pyramid schemes in Brazil. Support the show

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Patreon Preview: The Fascistic Solutionism of AI w/ Dan McQuillan

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 Patre...

20 Tammi 20254min

How to See Tech Like a Luddite w/ Jathan Sadowski

Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the relationship between technology and capitalism, and what lessons can be taken from the Luddites to properly assess and understand these systems.J...

16 Tammi 20251h 2min

Patreon Preview: How Big Tech Made the Cloud w/ Dwayne Monroe

14 Tammi 20254min

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 N...

9 Tammi 20251h 6min

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 prob...

2 Tammi 202543min

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 Alkhat...

26 Joulu 202436min

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 F...

19 Joulu 20241h 18min

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 Pow...

12 Joulu 20241h 4min