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: 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 bonu...

13 Marras 20244min

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 about...

7 Marras 20241h 4min

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.J...

31 Loka 20241h 1min

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 machi...

28 Loka 202435min

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: co...

24 Loka 20241h

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 rewrite...

21 Loka 202430min

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....

17 Loka 20241h 1min

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 ef...

14 Loka 202433min