Tech Won't Save Us22 Joulu 2022

FTX Goes to Zero w/ Molly White

Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the ongoing collapse of the crypto industry, what to make of the implosion of FTX and Alameda Research, and what happens next with Sam Bankman-Fried.Molly White is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great and a fellow at the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. You can follow her on Twitter at @molly0xFFF.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.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode: Since recording, Sam Bankman-Fried has been extradited from the Bahamas to the United States, and it’s been revealed that Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder have plead guilty and are cooperating with authorities against Bankman-Fried. Molly has been analyzing the collapse of FTX on her newsletter. Paris wrote about effective altruism and longtermism for the New Statesman. Journalists at Forbes wrote about Caroline Ellison and her history. After Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested, effective altruist Kelsey Piper published a series of direct messages she exchanged with her supposed friend. The Southern District of New York’s attorney’s office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have all filed charges against Sam Bankman-Fried. There are rumors that Caroline Ellison is working with authorities against Sam Bankman-Fried. US Justice Department is split on when to charge Binance executives. There are also growing questions about Binance’s books. Support the show

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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 fo...

18 Tammi 20241h 1min

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 did...

11 Tammi 202457min

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 f...

4 Tammi 20241h

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 ...

28 Joulu 20232h 5min

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 is...

21 Joulu 20231h 3min

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 th...

14 Joulu 20231h 14min

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 worl...

7 Joulu 20231h 1min

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 Wrong...

30 Marras 202356min