Tech Won't Save Us17 Okt 2024

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.Julia Black is a features reporter on The Information’s Weekend Team.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. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.Also mentioned in this episode: Julia wrote about Curtis Yarvin and his ideas for The Information. She also wrote about the Musk-aligned tech CEOs trying to shape how we think about the future. Paris wrote about Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto. The Dark Enlightenment is an anti-democratic, anti-egalitarian political project. Gil Duran wrote about the Reboot Conference and how it put the connections between the tech industry and the Heritage Foundation on display. The Heritage Foundation is flooding federal agencies with thousands of information requests to identify government employees to be purged under a second Trump administration. Peter Thiel wanted Balaji Srinivasan to become head of the Federal Drug Administration under the Trump presidency. According to Nick Land, hyperstition refers to ideas that bring themselves into being. 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 202430min

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 Okt 202433min