Will AR Glasses Die Like Google Glass? w/ Quinn Myers
Paris Marx is joined by Quinn Myers to discuss the launch of Google Glass, why the product failed so badly, and what lessons we can learn from it as tech companies make another push for AR glasses.Qui...
26 Jan 202354min
Don’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting dis...
19 Jan 20231h 3min
What the US-China Divide Means for Tech w/ Louise Matsakis
Paris Marx is joined by Louise Matsakis to discuss the growing divide between the US and China, the long history of Western concern about the East, and why we should pay attention to who these anti-Ch...
12 Jan 20231h
Why Tech Billionaires Want to Shape Our Future w/ Rose Eveleth
Paris Marx is joined by Rose Eveleth to discuss the end of her long-running podcast, why thinking about the future is important, and how tech billionaires try to shape our idea of the future to serve ...
5 Jan 20231h 3min
The Year in Tech w/ Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, & Gita Jackson
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, and Gita Jackson to discuss the year in tech, including Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the biggest stories of the year, what they’ll be watching ...
29 Des 20221h 47min
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.Moll...
22 Des 20221h 27min
Tech Billionaires Are Coming for Workers w/ Wendy Liu
Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to discuss what it was like to work in tech in the 2010s and why structural changes in the industry are empowering an increasingly reactionary capitalist class to str...
15 Des 20221h 3min
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff
Paris Marx is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to discuss why internet visions of the 1990s were wrong to ignore corporate power, how the dot-com boom was like a Ponzi scheme, and why we desperately need to...
8 Des 20221h
