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Tech Won't Save Us

Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it?

europe is gutting its tech regulations w/ aline blankertz

data centers are a climate enemy w/ ketan joshi

peter thiel is the real antichrist w/ gil duran

saudi arabia is using games to improve its image w/ nathan grayson

why we need a war on cars w/ doug gordon and sarah goodyear

we need to cut our dependence on us tech. here’s how to start.

silicon valley doesn’t know what makes a good city w/ joanne mcneil

smart glasses are ushering in an anti-social world w/ chris gilliard

the gilded rage of tech billionaires w/ jacob silverman

the growing divide between maga and big tech w/ tina nguyen

is tesla still a car company? w/ ed niedermeyer

palantir is thriving under trump w/ caroline haskins

a new economy will deliver better technology w/ aaron benanav

will ai kill your job? w/ brian merchant

how china’s renewable push upends geopolitics w/ kate mackenzie & tim sahay

why countries must fight for digital sovereignty w/ cecilia rikap

will the pope be an ally against ai? w/ paolo benanti

what google zero means for journalism w/ matt pearce

trump’s crypto profiteering is worse than you think w/ jacob silverman

decomputing for a better future w/ dan mcquillan

microsoft is gutting the video game industry w/ nathan grayson

how the us weaponizes tech in the middle east w/ laleh khalili

the geopolitical fight over huawei w/ yangyang cheng

chatbots are repeating social media’s harms w/ nitasha tiku

brazil's battle to rein in big tech w/ laís martins

we all suffer from openai’s pursuit of scale w/ karen hao

the new military industry complex w/ sam biddle

the case for a digital detox w/ casey johnston

generative ai is not inevitable w/ emily m. bender and alex hanna

elon musk is remaking the us space program w/ tim fernholz

the roots of elon musk’s war on empathy w/ julia carrie wong

how brainrot ai is upending the internet w/ jason koebler

how masayoshi son shaped the tech industry w/ laleh khalili

digital sovereignty in a time of rising fascism

can europe end its dependence on us tech? w/ aline blankertz

the dirty alliance between tech and the oil industry w/ js tan

doge is gutting the us digital service w/ kate green and milo

preview: breaking down canada’s election on campaign cops

canada’s tech leaders want their own doge w/ jen st. denis

ai hype enters its geopolitics era w/ timnit gebru

the uk’s misguided embrace of ai hype w/ james meadway

protesting tesla can hurt elon musk w/ ed niedermeyer

how doge is remaking the us government w/ makena kelly

patreon preview: the harms of generative ai w/ alex hanna

the tech oligarchy’s campaign against the media w/ eoin higgins

patreon preview: sam altman’s self-serving agi future w/ julia black

how spotify remade the music industry w/ liz pelly

the problem with cyberlibertarianism w/ chris gilliard

patreon preview: do we live in a simulation? w/ émile p. torres

the new tech oligarchy w/ gaby del valle

patreon preview: the fascistic solutionism of ai w/ dan mcquillan

how to see tech like a luddite w/ jathan sadowski

patreon preview: how big tech made the cloud w/ dwayne monroe

what netflix has done to movies w/ will tavlin

how cloud giants cement their power w/ cecilia rikap

maybe we should destroy ai w/ ali alkhatib

the year in tech w/ molly white, brian merchant, & eric wickham

how data is changing air travel w/ amanda mull

patreon preview: spain doesn’t have water for data centers w/ aurora gomez delgado

should australia ban teens from social media? w/ cam wilson

patreon preview: the crippling energy demand of ireland’s data centers w/ brid smith

patreon preview: fighting data centers in chile w/ sebastian lehuede

nuclear won’t meet tech’s energy demands w/ mv ramana

the forgotten story of how conservatives shaped the internet w/ becca lewis

patreon preview: how cloud giants cement their power w/ cecilia rikap

making sense of a pro-tech trump presidency w/ brian merchant

patreon preview: maybe we should destroy ai w/ ali alkhatib

the corruption of open source w/ tante

silicon valley is reshaping us democracy w/ jacob silverman

data vampires: fighting for control (episode 4)

the threat of data colonialism w/ ulises a. mejias & nick couldry

data vampires: sacrificing for ai (episode 3)

the “dark elf” leading tech’s extreme right w/ julia black

data vampires: opposing data centers (episode 2)

gaza is a laboratory for future warfare w/ spencer ackerman

data vampires: going hyperscale (episode 1)

don’t fall for mark zuckerberg’s rebrand w/ karl bode

what happens to our digital footprints when we die? w/ tamara kneese

will google’s monopoly be broken up? w/ rob larson

google and meta are a threat to journalism w/ matt pearce

unionizing the video game industry w/ taylor welling & kathryn friesen

no tech for apartheid w/ mohammad khatami & gabi schubiner

crypto is spending millions to sway the us election w/ molly white

is social media fueling far-right riots? w/ hussein kesvani

shopify’s right-wing inner circle w/ luke lebrun & rachel gilmore

escaping the processed world w/ chris carlsson

silicon valley is backing donald trump w/ jacob silverman

generative ai is a climate disaster w/ sasha luccioni

jack dorsey’s embrace of crypto-libertarianism w/ david gerard

facebook is the zombie internet w/ jason koebler

how degrowth will reshape technology w/ jason hickel

can europe chart its own path on tech? w/ tante

silicon valley is courting gulf monarchies to fund ai w/ nitasha tiku

how the fbi tapped the encrypted chats of criminals around the world w/ joseph cox

gofundme profits from people’s pain w/ nora kenworthy

tech’s plan to ‘ethnically cleanse’ san francisco w/ gil duran

how byd is upending the ev market w/ paolo gerbaudo

tesla is choosing hype over substance w/ edward niedermeyer

how shein took over fast fashion w/ nicole lipman

the religious foundations of transhumanism w/ meghan o’gieblyn

how sports betting is fueling gambling addiction w/ alex shephard

kara swisher shows tech journalism’s flaws w/ edward ongweso jr.

deepfake abuse is a crisis w/ kat tenbarge

what elon musk won’t tell you about settling mars w/ zach weinersmith

what the tiktok ban reveals about us tech policy w/ jacob silverman

time for a butlerian jihad?: a ‘dune’ chat w/ ed ongweso jr & brian merchant

silicon valley deserves your anger w/ ed zitron

plastic recycling is a scam w/ dharna noor

a setback for gig workers’ rights in europe w/ ben wray

how foreverism degrades our culture w/ grafton tanner

how interfaces shape our relationship to tech w/ zachary kaiser

france’s start-up nation is a neoliberal hell w/ nastasia hadjadji

what’s really killing the news media? w/ victor pickard

how spotify tried to take over podcasting w/ eric silver

ai hype distracted us from real problems w/ timnit gebru

what social media meant for the mass protest decade w/ vincent bevins

how the mirror world distorts our reality w/ naomi klein

the year in tech 2023 w/ gita jackson, molly white, & aaron thorpe

why tech makes us more insecure w/ astra taylor

how effective accelerationism divides silicon valley w/ émile torres

don’t praise bill gates w/ tim schwab

the human side of the ai underclass w/ joanne mcneil

the fight over the future of openai w/ mike isaac

the information war in gaza w/ marwa fatafta

sam bankman-fried is guilty w/ jacob silverman

elon musk unmasked: shaping the future (part 4)

elon musk unmasked: building an empire (part 3)

elon musk unmasked: creating the genius myth (part 2)

elon musk unmasked: origins of an oligarch (part 1)

sam bankman-fried on trial w/ jacob silverman

the real history of the luddites w/ brian merchant

spacex’s regulatory evasion has consequences w/ eric roesch

how us-china rivalry distracts from tech harms w/ yangyang cheng

how tech wields its power in san francisco w/ dean preston

reporting critically on tech w/ jason koebler & samantha cole

ai criticism has a decades-long history w/ ben tarnoff

pondering the orb w/ molly white

abolish venture capital w/ edward ongweso jr.

the right is building its own platforms w/ jacob silverman

are ufos really out there? w/ kelsey atherton

big tech won’t revitalize indigenous languages w/ keoni mahelona

how israel uses occupation to develop military tech w/ antony loewenstein

google and meta are fighting with canada w/ david moscrop

why ai is a threat to artists w/ molly crabapple

we don’t need the apple vision pro w/ brian merchant

crypto’s final boss fight w/ molly white

the influencer industry is built on precarity w/ emily hund

the online shopping boom is over w/ amanda mull

the dangerous religion of the corporate space race w/ mary-jane rubenstein

pronatalism and silicon valley’s right-wing turn w/ julia black

how cities sell themselves to the tech industry w/ david a. banks

elon musk is destroying twitter w/ matt binder

does banning tiktok make sense? w/ shoshana wodinsky & daniel greene

chatbots won’t take many jobs w/ aaron benanav

chatgpt is not intelligent w/ emily m. bender

how amazon reshapes small business to serve itself w/ moira weigel

celebrating three years of tech won’t save us!

what drives architects to design saudi megaprojects? w/ kate wagner

everyone hates vcs after the svb collapse w/ jacob silverman

robots aren’t the solution to elder care w/ james wright

why we must resist ai w/ dan mcquillan

what new eu rules might mean for gig workers w/ ben wray

the consequences of leaving tech to the private sector w/ rosie collington

the untold history of silicon valley w/ malcolm harris

the tesla crash is only beginning w/ edward niedermeyer

why hollywood writers may strike over streaming w/ anousha sakoui

will ar glasses die like google glass? w/ quinn myers

don’t fall for the ai hype w/ timnit gebru

what the us-china divide means for tech w/ louise matsakis

why tech billionaires want to shape our future w/ rose eveleth

the year in tech w/ brian merchant, chris gilliard, & gita jackson

ftx goes to zero w/ molly white

tech billionaires are coming for workers w/ wendy liu

trusting tech billionaires is a recipe for disaster w/ douglas rushkoff

tech isn’t fixing the crisis on our streets w/ david zipper

why advertising shapes the tech economy w/ daniel joseph

why visual effects look the way they do w/ julie turnock

elon musk’s twitter takeover is a disaster w/ hussein kesvani

tech billionaires are reshaping us politics w/ jacob silverman

mark zuckerberg is burning meta to the ground w/ dave karpf

don’t fall for the longtermism sales pitch w/ émile p. torres

how tech is remaking the food system w/ jim thomas

why green capitalism won’t fix climate change w/ adrienne buller

why google’s toronto smart city failed w/ josh o'kane

science fiction as tech criticism w/ brian merchant and claire evans

electric vehicles are driving a mining boom w/ thea riofrancos

surveillance won’t protect students w/ chris gilliard

amazon’s highly subsidized foray into middle-earth w/ thomas coughlan

who’s winning in china’s fight against 996? w/ js tan

how the modem world shaped the internet w/ kevin driscoll

keep capitalism out of space w/ chanda prescod-weinstein

competition won’t fix canada’s telecom woes w/ fenwick mckelvey

the real legacy of stewart brand w/ malcolm harris

how the cloud reshaped the internet w/ dwayne monroe

the dangers of tech that tracks everything we do w/ shoshana wodinsky

tech won’t fix the transport system w/ paris marx

15 years of the iphone w/ brian merchant

canada’s digital contact-tracing experiment w/ bianca wylie

technology of the oppressed w/ david nemer

streaming wars: revenge of the cinema? w/ gita jackson

privatizing the internet was a mistake w/ ben tarnoff

tech media needs to do better on crypto and elon musk w/ ed zitron

the dangerous ideology of the tech elite w/ émile p. torres

(un)stablecoins and the crypto crash w/ bennett tomlin

the argument for half-earth socialism w/ drew pendergrass & troy vettese

how ibm workers took on racism and apartheid w/ ann haeyoung

the financialization of everything w/ edward ongweso jr.

we can’t allow tech solutions to delay climate action w/ molly taft

who’s to blame when a self-driving car kills someone? w/ lauren smiley

how to unionize amazon w/ justine medina & karen ponce

web3 is not going great w/ molly white

digital tech didn’t democratize the film industry w/ will tavlin

can higher interest rates tame big tech and inflation? w/ grace blakeley

how peter thiel wields his power in silicon valley w/ moira weigel

war in the content economy w/ ryan broderick & hussein kesvani

can tesla survive elon musk? w/ edward niedermeyer

cringe raps and $5 billion in stolen bitcoin w/ lorenzo franceschi-bicchierai

the poorly paid workers powering automation w/ phil jones

crypto winter is coming w/ jacob silverman

microsoft wants to dominate the games industry w/ rob zacny

how evangelicals emulate startup culture w/ corrina laughlin

envisioning platform socialism w/ james muldoon

how roblox exploits children w/ quintin smith

happy holidays from tech won’t save us!

silicon valley doesn’t get science fiction w/ annalee newitz

the video game industry needs unions w/ gita jackson

web3 is a scam, not a revolution w/ stephen diehl

who inspired elon musk and jeff bezos’ space visions? w/ fred scharmen

don’t give surveillance for christmas w/ chris gilliard

net-zero uses technofixes to delay climate action w/ sabrina fernandes

how amazon is changing the books we read w/ mark mcgurl

why the metaverse must be stopped w/ brian merchant

can nostalgia inspire a better future? w/ grafton tanner

what gig work means for women in india w/ noopur raval

beating uber at the uk supreme court w/ yaseen aslam

solidarity in canada’s gig economy w/ jennifer scott & brice sopher

gig work is not a novelty in brazil w/ rafael grohmann

the fight for gig workers’ rights in europe w/ ben wray

migrant workers in australia’s gig economy w/ tyler riordan

how race was central to prop 22 w/ veena dubal

the amazon union drive comes to canada w/ sara mojtehedzadeh

what apple won’t tell you about the iphone w/ brian merchant

the creation of a black cyberculture w/ andré brock

big tech entrenches us power w/ michael kwet

blockchain won’t save the global south w/ olivier jutel

how neoliberalism seized the internet w/ dan greene

how smart is the smart city? w/ shannon mattern

how australia used tech against welfare recipients w/ dhakshayini sooriyakumaran

how streaming is reshaping the film industry w/ peter labuza

demystifying the billionaire space race

“sleep dealer” and the border politics of tech w/ alex rivera

tech criticism before the techlash w/ zachary loeb

bitcoin is a right-wing technology w/ david golumbia

vcs want to disrupt the media w/ eoin higgins

facebook is a battleground w/ avi asher-schapiro and maya gebeily

embracing glitch feminism w/ legacy russell

the sunset of the californian ideology? w/ richard barbrook

why the soviet union didn’t build the internet w/ benjamin peters

project cybersyn shows all tech is political w/ eden medina

how many times has the internet already died? w/ kevin driscoll

how state funding built silicon valley w/ margaret o’mara

celebrating one year of tech won’t save us!

what’s next for amazon workers? w/ kim kelly

vaccine passports are not the solution w/ elizabeth renieris

bursting the nft bubble w/ jacob silverman

digital redlining in the frictionless society w/ chris gilliard

elon musk isn’t saving humanity w/ manu saadia

how britain killed its computing industry w/ mar hicks

is bill gates a “good” billionaire? w/ tim schwab

how algorithms are transforming work w/ callum cant

why we need a luddite politics of tech w/ gavin mueller

australia’s plan to make tech pay for news w/ lizzie o’shea

how indonesian gig workers are organizing w/ rida qadri

amazon’s vigorous opposition to unions w/ lauren kaori gurley

how nostalgia serves corporate power w/ grafton tanner

how youtube normalizes right-wing extremism w/ becca lewis

why we need a democratic approach to data w/ salomé viljoen

the frictionless world of silicon valley w/ anna wiener

platforms for public good w/ mathew lawrence & thomas hanna

the complex systems that govern our lives w/ tim maughan

how urban tech increases corporate control w/ david banks

why game and tech workers are organizing w/ emma kinema

fighting for gig workers’ rights after prop 22 w/ wilfred chan

how spotify is built on artist exploitation w/ liz pelly

the injury crisis in amazon warehouses w/ will evans

how video games are shaped by capitalism w/ daniel joseph

jobs suck, but not because of automation w/ aaron benanav

section 230 protects free expression online w/ evan greer

what rural china teaches us about the future of tech w/ xiaowei wang

why google’s ad business could implode w/ tim hwang

silicon valley is embracing anti-china nationalism w/ js tan

major publishers want to shut down digital lending w/ maria bustillos

how google & facebook dominate digital ads w/ shoshana wodinsky

how foxconn treats the workers who built your iphone w/ jenny chan

a better internet requires ending the monopolies w/ cory doctorow

thinking about tech in the present tense w/ ben tarnoff

we can’t talk about tech without talking about resources w/ thea riofrancos

how tech journalism legitimized the gig economy w/ sam harnett

what the history of tv can teach us about netflix w/ tom evens

how to defeat an apple store w/ tania davidge

the boring company is a complete joke w/ alissa walker

space mining brings capitalism to the cosmos w/ julie michelle klinger

the global south holds a better future of tech w/ juan ortiz freuler

smart tech is designed for control w/ jathan sadowski

why uber failed at micromobility w/ aaron w. gordon

technofascism in india w/ banu subramaniam & debjani bhattacharyya

amazon wants to dominate everything w/ brian merchant

tech giants don't care about black lives w/ edward ongweso jr.

art is more than ones and zeroes w/ nika roza danilova

a cooperative vision for technological innovation w/ dan hind

uber's war on drivers w/ veena dubal

how tech platforms affect our digital lives w/ joanne mcneil

history shows radical futures are possible w/ lizzie o'shea

tech billionaires think they’re better than you w/ rob larson

fighting back against the tech monopolies w/ grace blakeley

elon musk is a cult leader w/ ilari kaila

how tech distracts us from the bigger picture w/ bianca wylie

bursting the reality bubble w/ ziya tong

transit is the future w/ james wilt

tech's response to covid-19 w/ wendy liu

a brief introduction