Tech Won't Save Us

Tech Won't Save Us

Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.

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Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred Scharmen

Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred Scharmen

Paris Marx is joined by Fred Scharmen to discuss Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ visions for space colonization, the inspiration they draw from the work of Wernher von Braun and Gerard O’Neill, and what’s w...

2 Dec 202153min

Don’t Give Surveillance for Christmas w/ Chris Gilliard

Don’t Give Surveillance for Christmas w/ Chris Gilliard

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the ethics of tech media recommending surveillance devices, aspects of “smart” technologies you might not have considered, and why we should think twi...

25 Nov 202157min

Net-Zero Uses Technofixes to Delay Climate Action w/ Sabrina Fernandes

Net-Zero Uses Technofixes to Delay Climate Action w/ Sabrina Fernandes

Paris Marx is joined by Sabrina Fernandes to discuss what came out of COP26, what it actually means to have net-zero emissions by 2050, and all the mechanisms that countries are developing to delay ne...

18 Nov 202158min

How Amazon is Changing the Books We Read w/ Mark McGurl

How Amazon is Changing the Books We Read w/ Mark McGurl

Paris Marx is joined by Mark McGurl to discuss how Amazon is reshaping the publishing industry and altering the form of the novel itself.Mark McGurl is a Professor of Literature at Stanford University...

11 Nov 202149min

Why the Metaverse Must Be Stopped w/ Brian Merchant

Why the Metaverse Must Be Stopped w/ Brian Merchant

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s big plans for the metaverse, everything that’s wrong with it, the concept’s scifi origins, and why Silicon Valley is desperate to ma...

4 Nov 20211h 8min

Can Nostalgia Inspire a Better Future? w/ Grafton Tanner

Can Nostalgia Inspire a Better Future? w/ Grafton Tanner

Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss how social and environmental crises fuel nostalgia, how companies profit from it, and whether it can be reoriented to inspire a better future.Grafton ...

28 Okt 202154min

What Gig Work Means for Women in India w/ Noopur Raval

What Gig Work Means for Women in India w/ Noopur Raval

Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India’s gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their c...

21 Okt 202153min

Beating Uber at the UK Supreme Court w/ Yaseen Aslam

Beating Uber at the UK Supreme Court w/ Yaseen Aslam

Paris Marx is joined by Yaseen Aslam to discuss the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are not self-employed, the long fight to reach that point, and the next steps in the push for gig workers’...

19 Okt 202142min

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