How Tech Wields Its Power in San Francisco w/ Dean Preston

How Tech Wields Its Power in San Francisco w/ Dean Preston

Paris Marx is joined by Dean Preston to discuss the havoc robotaxis are wreaking in San Francisco and the wider impacts the tech industry has had on the city. Dean Preston is the District 5 Supervisor in San Francisco and the first democratic socialist elected in the city in 40 years. He’s also a tenant attorney and founder of Tenants Together. You can follow Dean on Twitter at @DeanPreston.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: Paris interviewed one of the activists placing cones driverless cars to disable them and draw attention to the California Public Utilities Commission’s pro-corporate regulatory decisions. In 2011, Twitter got a massive tax break to stay in San Francisco instead of moving its offices elsewhere in the Valley. Salesforce CEO Marx Benioff was a rare tech mogul to support San Francisco’s ballot measure to create a new tax to fund help for homeless residents. A ballot measure to increase the transfer tax on properties over $10 million won in 2020, despite industry opposition. The campaign against progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin was bankrolled by tech and real estate money. Jacob Silverman put this into wider context in a piece about the rise in the political influence of David Sacks. Support the show

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Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear

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We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start.

We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start.

Paris Marx celebrates the 300th episode of Tech Won’t Save Us by sharing his reasons to push for digital sovereignty and get off US tech. On top of explaining how that dependence gives the US governme...

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Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil

Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil

Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how technology will improve transportation. Joanne McNeil...

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Smart Glasses Are Ushering In An Anti-Social World w/ Chris Gilliard

Smart Glasses Are Ushering In An Anti-Social World w/ Chris Gilliard

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss how tech CEOs are pushing a new generation of AI-powered smart glasses by promising they’ll be stylish and indispensable to workers in a desperate att...

16 Okt 202555min

The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman

The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman

Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Jacob’s new book Gilded Rage, which explores the radicalization of Silicon Valley leaders, who are exerting their growing influence to shape our soci...

9 Okt 202555min

The Growing Divide Between MAGA and Big Tech w/ Tina Nguyen

The Growing Divide Between MAGA and Big Tech w/ Tina Nguyen

Paris Marx is joined by Tina Nguyen to discuss the divisions within the American far-right between the Trump administration, the wider MAGA movement, and the tech executives trying to show they’re on ...

2 Okt 202558min

Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer

Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer

Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the mission to turn Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, Tesla’s growing interest in making robots instead of cars, and how other automakers...

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Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins

Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins

Paris Marx is joined by Caroline Haskins to discuss what Palantir actually does and the growing influence it has within the US government and many large corporations. Caroline Haskins is a staff writ...

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