The Injury Crisis in Amazon Warehouses w/ Will Evans

The Injury Crisis in Amazon Warehouses w/ Will Evans

Paris Marx is joined by Will Evans to discuss how excessive productivity targets are causing high rates of injury at Amazon warehouses, how executives have misled the public about the problem, and what that suggests about the impacts of the company’s “customer obsession.”Will Evans is a reporter at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Read his investigation about Amazon’s safety crisis. Follow Will on Twitter as @willCIR.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.Read the plan for the future of the show and supporter benefits on Patreon.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network and follow it on Twitter as @harbingertweets.Also mentioned in this episode: Paris reflected on what Will’s investigation suggested about the relationship between consumerism and workers’ rights for NBC News. Will did an earlier investigation about safety (or the lack thereof) at Tesla. Brian Merchant wrote an “op-ed from the future” looking at how technology hides the harm to workers in a fictional fully automated Amazon warehouse. Support the show

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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...

25 Sep 20251h

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...

18 Sep 202549min

A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron Benanav

A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron Benanav

Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates. It’s a plan to center human experience thro...

11 Sep 20251h

Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant

Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss whether the AI bubble is about to burst and how bosses are deploying AI tools to kill jobs and degrade work. Brian Merchant is the author of Blood in...

4 Sep 202559min

How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics w/ Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics w/ Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how it presents the prospect of a new development mode...

28 Aug 20251h 1min

Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap

Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap

Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss how countries’ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty.Cecilia Rikap is Associate Pr...

21 Aug 202559min

Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti

Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti

Paris Marx is joined by Paolo Benanti to discuss what Pope Leo XIV’s statements on AI, the publications under Pope Francis, and the ethics of AI from a theological perspective.Paolo Benanti is an auth...

14 Aug 202556min

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