Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx
  • 4.8 (466)
  • TECHNOLOGY
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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.

  1. 1 DAY AGO · BONUS

    Patreon Preview: The Fascistic Solutionism of AI w/ Dan McQuillan

    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. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patreon supporters. Here’s a preview of this week’s premium episode with Dan McQuillan, author of Resisting AI and a lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London. For the full interview, support the show on Patreon.Support the show

    5 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    How to See Tech Like a Luddite w/ Jathan Sadowski

    Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the relationship between technology and capitalism, and what lessons can be taken from the Luddites to properly assess and understand these systems.Jathan Sadowski is is the author of The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism. He’s also the co-host of This Machine Kills and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on t...

    1h 3m

  3. JAN 14 · BONUS

    Patreon Preview: How Big Tech Made the Cloud w/ Dwayne Monroe

    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. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patreon supporters. Here’s a preview of this week’s premium episode with Dwayne Monroe, a senior cloud architect and longtime consultant these kinds of projects. For the full interview, support the show on Patreon.Support the show

    5 min

  4. JAN 9

    What Netflix Has Done to Movies w/ Will Tavlin

    Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss how the Netflix model transformed film into the Typical Netflix Movie and how the company uses claims about data to deceive the public.Will Tavlin is a New York-based writer who has written for n+1, Bookforum, and the Columbia Journalism Review.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 podcas...

    1h 6m

  5. JAN 2

    How Cloud Giants Cement Their Power w/ Cecilia Rikap

    Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss the ways Amazon, Microsoft, and Google gain power from companies becoming dependent on their cloud services and how generative AI exacerbates that problem.Cecilia Rikap is an Associate Professor in Economics at University College London.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 m...

    44 min

  6. 12/26/2024

    Maybe We Should Destroy AI w/ Ali Alkhatib

    Paris Marx is joined by Ali Alkhatib to discuss the difficulty of holding the AI industry accountable and why sometimes it makes sense for people to destroy AI systems that are harming them.Ali Alkhatib works with Logic(s) magazine and was previously the director of the Center for Applied Data Ethics.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....

    36 min

  7. 12/19/2024

    The Year in Tech w/ Molly White, Brian Merchant, & Eric Wickham

    Paris Marx is joined by Molly White, Brian Merchant, and Eric Wickham to discuss the highs and lows (mostly lows) of this year in tech news.Molly White is the creator of Web3 is Going Just Great and Follow the Crypto. Brian Merchant is my co-host on System Crash, a new podcast we’re hosting. He’s also a longtime tech journalist and author of Blood in the Machine. Eric Wickham is the producer for Tech Won’t Save Us, along with a bunch of other podcast, and an independent journalist.Tech Won’t ...

    1h 18m

  8. 12/12/2024

    How Data Is Changing Air Travel w/ Amanda Mull

    Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the data-informed decisions that are changing the way we all experience air travel, mostly for the worse. Amanda Mull is a senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek.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 ...

    1h 4m
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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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  • Creator
    Paris Marx
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    271
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Tech Won't Save Us
  • Show Website
    Tech Won't Save Us

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