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Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff
Dec 08, 2022Paris 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...
Tech Isn’t Fixing the Crisis on Our Streets w/ David Zipper
Dec 01, 2022Paris Marx is joined by David Zipper to discuss how Silicon Valley pitched new technologies as the fix for a whole range of transport problems, and how that really just distracted us from solutions wh...
Why Advertising Shapes the Tech Economy w/ Daniel Joseph
Nov 24, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Daniel Joseph to discuss why advertising is central not just to the tech economy, but modern capitalism itself, and how the business models of companies are increasing shaped b...
Why Visual Effects Look the Way They Do w/ Julie Turnock
Nov 17, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Julie Turnock to discuss the history of the visual effects industry, the role that George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic played in setting industry standards, and what its c...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover is a Disaster w/ Hussein Kesvani
Nov 10, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the mess of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the problem with his solution to blue check privilege, and what we should learn from how he posts.Hussein K...
Tech Billionaires Are Reshaping US Politics w/ Jacob Silverman
Nov 03, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the politics of the PayPal Mafia tech billionaires, and how they’re trying to reshape US political discourse to serve t...
Mark Zuckerberg is Burning Meta to the Ground w/ Dave Karpf
Oct 27, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Dave Karpf to discuss Meta’s misguided attempt to turn Facebook into a metaverse company, how Wired Magazine has evolved, and why the tech billionaires are destroying the world...
Don’t Fall for the Longtermism Sales Pitch w/ Émile P. Torres
Oct 20, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Émile P. Torres to discuss the ongoing effort to sell effective altruism and longtermism to the public, and why they’re philosophies that won’t solve the real problems we face....
How Tech is Remaking the Food System w/ Jim Thomas
Oct 13, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Jim Thomas to discuss how digital technologies are being integrated into the industrial food system, how it empowers agribusiness firms and major tech companies, and its implic...
Why Green Capitalism Won’t Fix Climate Change w/ Adrienne Buller
Oct 06, 2022Paris Marx is joined by Adrienne Buller to discuss how the tech and finance industries are selling us false solutions to the climate crisis that are designed for their own benefit.Adrienne Buller is t...