Podcasts by Tech Won
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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Silicon Valley is Embracing Anti-China Nationalism w/ JS Tan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How are tensions between the United States and China affecting the tech industry? JS Tan explains how Silicon Valley executives are embracing nationalism as China’s tech companies threaten their gl...
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Why Google’s Ad Business Could Implode w/ Tim Hwang from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Are digital ads really as effective as Google and Facebook want us to believe? Tim Hwang says they’re not — and the financialization of the digital ad markets has created a bubble that could alter ...
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How Google & Facebook Dominate Digital Ads w/ Shoshana Wodinsky from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do Google and Facebook maintain their dominance? Shoshana Wodinsky explains how digital ad markets work and how their control of key pieces gives them a privileged (and very profitable) position.
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How Foxconn Treats the Workers Who Built Your iPhone w/ Jenny Chan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The media lauds Apple’s new products, but what about the workers who build them? Jenny Chan explains what life is like in the Foxconn factories and the barriers that existing to better working cond...
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Thinking about Tech in the Present Tense w/ Ben Tarnoff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technology promises a great future, but is it even serving us in the present? Ben Tarnoff explains how the Luddites’ perspective on technology could inspire an approach to tech that ensure it serve...
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We Can’t Talk About Tech Without Talking About Resources w/ Thea Riofrancos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Green tech requires a lot of unsustainable resource extraction. Thea Riofrancos explains how that affects communities in Latin America and why we need to imagine emancipatory, but less resource-int...
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How Tech Journalism Legitimized the Gig Economy w/ Sam Harnett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tech journalism’s consumer perspective thinks new apps will save us. Sam Harnett breaks down the flaws in its techno-utopianism and how it helped the gig economy flout labor laws and safety regulat...
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What the History of TV Can Teach Us About Netflix w/ Tom Evens from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The history of television can teach us about Netflix and its streaming peers. Tom Evens breaks down some of those lessons and the regulatory implications.
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How to Defeat an Apple Store w/ Tania Davidge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Do Apple Stores belong in public squares? Tania Davidge explains how Melbourne fought a proposed Apple Store and why we need a better vision for public space.
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The Boring Company is a Complete Joke w/ Alissa Walker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Will underground car tunnels save our cities? Alissa Walker digs into all the problems with Elon Musk’s Boring Company and why we can do better.
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Space Mining Brings Capitalism to the Cosmos w/ Julie Michelle Klinger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is mining space the solution to our resource problems? Julie Michelle Klinger explains how a myth around rare-earth minerals is fueling the enclosure of space and why we need to treat it as a commons.
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The Global South Holds a Better Future of Tech w/ Juan Ortiz Freuler from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What’s the future of the web? Juan Ortiz Freuler argues that in the face of growing tensions that could fragment the web, we need to look to the Global South for a better future of tech.
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Smart Tech Is Designed For Control w/ Jathan Sadowski from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Will smart technologies make our lives better? Jathan Sadowski explains how they increase the power of people who want to control us and why we should dismantle tech that doesn’t serve the public g...
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Why Uber Failed at Micromobility w/ Aaron W. Gordon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Micromobility promised to revolutionize urban mobility. Aaron W. Gordon explains why companies like Uber have largely failed, but why more simple solutions like e-bikes hold immense promise.
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Technofascism in India w/ Banu Subramaniam & Debjani Bhattacharyya from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya explain how technology is used by the fascist Indian government to enforce its Hindu nationalist agenda and crack down on populations of other faiths.
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Amazon Wants to Dominate Everything w/ Brian Merchant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeff Bezos isn’t our friend. Brian Merchant goes through a long list of the problems with Amazon and how its response to the pandemic shows it’s unethical to keep giving it your money.
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Tech Giants Don't Care About Black Lives w/ Edward Ongweso Jr. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tech companies claim to care about Black lives, but Edward Ongweso Jr. explains how their actions toward labor and the services they sell to police and governments shows that isn’t true.
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Art is More Than Ones and Zeroes w/ Nika Roza Danilova from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is tech good for musicians? Nika Roza Danilova explains how artists are adapting to the pandemic and why artificial intelligence will never replace human art.
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A Cooperative Vision for Technological Innovation w/ Dan Hind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What could a better future of tech look like? Dan Hind lays out some of the problems with the existing model and explains what a cooperative model for tech development might look like.
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Uber's War on Drivers w/ Veena Dubal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You probably shouldn’t use Uber. Veena Dubal explains how Uber is eroding labor rights, especially those of its drivers, and how they’re fighting back in California to demand recognition as employees.
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How Tech Platforms Affect Our Digital Lives w/ Joanne McNeil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How has our experience online changed? Joanne McNeil discusses the past few decades of the web and the need to rethink our online lives, especially in the face of the pandemic.
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History Shows Radical Futures Are Possible w/ Lizzie O'Shea from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What relevance does history have to the present? Lizzie O’Shea explains how learning from the past can empower the movements of the future by recalling the radicalism of those who came before us.
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Tech Billionaires Think They’re Better Than You w/ Rob Larson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Do tech billionaires deserve our respect? Of course not, argues Rob Larson; we not only need to challenge their power, but fight for an online socialism that puts tech under worker control.
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Fighting Back Against the Tech Monopolies w/ Grace Blakeley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How did the tech platforms become so power? Grace Blakeley explains how our neoliberal capitalist model allows the tech monopolies to thrive and how we can challenge their power.
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Elon Musk is a Cult Leader w/ Ilari Kaila from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elon Musk won’t save us. Ilari Kaila lays out how Musk’s visions are actually dangerous to our future and why the following he’s developed makes him a cult leader.
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How Tech Distracts Us From the Bigger Picture w/ Bianca Wylie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Should governments work with tech companies? Bianca Wylie explains how the current approach makes government work for tech monopolies instead of ensuring their tools benefit the public — but we can...
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Bursting the Reality Bubble w/ Ziya Tong from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What don’t we know about our world? Ziya Tong explains that we live in a series of reality bubbles that limit our understanding of the world around us and why the pandemic should help us to see thr...
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Transit is the Future w/ James Wilt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Does tech have the solutions to urban transport? James Wilt explains how the flashy ideas of tech companies don’t improve mobility for most people and why we’d be better off investing in much bette...
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Tech's Response to COVID-19 w/ Wendy Liu from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Who does tech really serve? Wendy Liu explains how tech companies world against the public good to serve their shareholders and how the pandemic is making that increasingly clear.
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A Brief Introduction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tech Won't Save Us challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our problems. Full episodes coming very soon.
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What Rural China Teaches Us About the Future of Tech w/ Xiaowei Wang from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is technology improving life in rural China? Xiaowei Wang explains how rural communities are being pulled into global e-commerce supply chains, and how while that works for some, commercialization ...
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A Brief Introduction from 2020-04-11T20:00
Tech Won't Save Us challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our problems. Full episodes coming very soon.
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A Brief Introduction from 2020-04-11T20:00
Tech Won't Save Us challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our problems. Full episodes coming very soon.
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