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Tech Won't Save Us
Podcast by Paris Marx
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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235 jaksot![episode Silicon Valley is Backing Donald Trump w/ Jacob Silverman artwork](https://cdn.podimo.com/images/f5cf58cd-a643-456d-964b-fca0474ad671_400x400.png)
Silicon Valley is Backing Donald Trump w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss why tech billionaires have become more supportive of Donald Trump in the upcoming US election and whether Kamala Harris’ candidacy will disrupt their plans.
Jacob Silverman is the co-author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud [https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9781419766398] and is working on a new book called Gilded Rage that is scheduled for Fall 2025.
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 [https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus].
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
* Jacob wrote about Silicon Valley’s embrace of Trump [https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/silicon-valley-trump-support-donations/] for The Nation.
* Paris wrote about what Silicon Valley wants from Trump [https://disconnect.blog/silicon-valleys-dangerous-plan-for-a-second-trump-term-2/] in Disconnect.
* Molly White’s new project is called Follow the Crypto [http://www.followthecrypto.org].
* Elon Musk is reportedly committing $45 million [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-plans-commit-around-45-million-month-new-pro-trump-super-pac-wsj-reports-2024-07-16/] a month to a pro-Trump Super PAC.
* Mark Zuckerberg called Trump a badass [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-19/mark-zuckerberg-calls-donald-trump-badass-without-endorsing-for-president], while saying he won’t endorse any candidate.
* Eric Schmidt is pushing the Pentagon’s embrace of AI for war [https://www.wired.com/story/eric-schmidt-is-building-the-perfect-ai-war-fighting-machine/].
* Peter Thiel says he’d vote for Trump [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/27/peter-thiel-says-if-you-hold-a-gun-to-my-head-ill-vote-for-trump.html] this cycle if there was a gun to his head.
* Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz wrote a Little Tech Agenda [https://a16z.com/the-little-tech-agenda/] containing a basic policy program.
* Reid Hoffman funded a disinformation campaign [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/us/reid-hoffman-alabama-election-disinformation.html] in Alabama.
* Reed Hastings has already put $7 million [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reed-hastings-backs-pro-kamala-harris-pac-with-7-million-donation] into a pro-Kamala Super PAC.
Support the Show. [https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus]
Eilen - 1 h 0 min
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Generative AI is a Climate Disaster w/ Sasha Luccioni
Paris Marx is joined by Sasha Luccioni to discuss the catastrophic environmental costs of the generative AI being increasing shoved into every tech product we touch.
Sasha Luccioni is an artificial intelligence researcher and Climate Lead at Hugging Face.
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 [https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus].
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
* Sasha published a paper [https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16863] looking at the climate impacts of generative AI.
* Paris wrote about the increased emissions at Google and Microsoft [https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-climate-disaster/], and the consequences of the growing data center buildout [https://disconnect.blog/ai-is-fueling-a-data-center-boom/].
* Google’s emissions are up 48% [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions] in five years, while Microsoft’s are up 30% [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/15/microsofts-carbon-emissions-have-risen-30percent-since-2020-due-to-data-center-expansion.html] between 2020 and 2023.
* Bill Gates is telling governments not to “go overboard” [https://www.ft.com/content/68495f0d-4d35-4270-a33d-02e9e537460f] with concerns about AI energy use. He’s been much more active [https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-still-pulling-strings-microsoft-ai-copilot-chatgpt-2024-4] in Microsoft’s AI strategizing than he’s admitted publicly.
* Microsoft President Brad Smith says its carbon “moonshot” is much farther away [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30] because of generative AI. The company is accelerating [https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-plan-double-triple-data-center-capacity-2024-4] its data center construction plans.
* Sam Altman says we can geoengineer the planet [https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-self-serving-vision-of-the-future/] if we can’t develop an energy breakthrough to power AI.
Support the Show. [https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus]
18. heinäk. 2024 - 1 h 0 min
![episode Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism w/ David Gerard artwork](https://cdn.podimo.com/images/f5cf58cd-a643-456d-964b-fca0474ad671_400x400.png)
Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism w/ David Gerard
Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey’s decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology.
David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain [https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9781974000067] and Libra Shrugged [https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9798693053977]. He also makes Pivot to AI [https://pivot-to-ai.com/] with Amy Castor.
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 [https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus].
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
* David wrote about Jack Dorsey abandoning Bluesky [https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/] on his blog.
* Business Insider reported on how Dorsey gave money [https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-fiatjaf-nostr-donation-2024-6] to the far-right founder of Nostr.
* Dorsey was interviewed [https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana] by Mike Solana on Pirate Wires.
* Dorsey has posted in support [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/jack-dorsey-block-nostr-kennedy-twitter-conspiracy-theories-vaccine-rcna86063] of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the response to it is why he deleted his Bluesky account.
Support the Show. [https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus]
11. heinäk. 2024 - 1 h 1 min
![episode Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler artwork](https://cdn.podimo.com/images/f5cf58cd-a643-456d-964b-fca0474ad671_400x400.png)
Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here.
Jason Koebler is the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast.
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 [https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus].
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
* Jason wrote about his theory of the zombie internet [https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/] and what he’s been seeing on Facebook.
* Back in 2018, Motherboard reported [https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwk9zd/how-facebook-content-moderation-works] on the rules Facebook gave its content moderators.
* Users of Facebook Free Basics and Wikipedia Zero in Angola found out how to make their own video streaming service [https://www.vice.com/en/article/nz7eyg/wikipedia-zero-facebook-free-basics-angola-pirates-zero-rating] for free.
Support the Show. [https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus]
04. heinäk. 2024 - 1 h 1 min
![episode How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel artwork](https://cdn.podimo.com/images/f5cf58cd-a643-456d-964b-fca0474ad671_400x400.png)
How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Hickel to discuss how technology would change in a degrowth society and why it doesn’t make sense to organize society around profit and infinite expansion.
Jason Hickel is the author of Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World [https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9781786091215]. He’s also a Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics.
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 [https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus].
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
* Jason wrote about technology and degrowth [https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/on-technology-and-degrowth/] and the objectives of democratic ecosocialism [https://monthlyreview.org/2023/09/01/the-double-objective-of-democratic-ecosocialism/] for Monthly Review.
Support the Show. [https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus]
27. kesäk. 2024 - 56 min
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