The Forgotten Story of How Conservatives Shaped the Internet w/ Becca Lewis
Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss the right-wing project to shape the internet in the 1990s and how we’re still living with the legacies of those actions today. Becca Lewis is a postdoct...
21 Marras 202459min
Patreon Preview: How Cloud Giants Cement Their Power w/ Cecilia Rikap
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...
19 Marras 20246min
Making Sense of a Pro-Tech Trump Presidency w/ Brian Merchant
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the fallout from the US election, what it means for the tech industry, and more importantly, what it might mean for all of us. They also celebrate the...
14 Marras 20241h 4min
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. ...
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
