tech won’t save us: Decomputing For a Better Future
Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the global push by governments to rapidly adopt AI at all costs and how citizens can critically rethink our dependence on…
tech won’t save us: How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics
Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how it presents the prospect of a…
Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI?
Paris Marx is joined by Paolo Benanti to discuss what Pope Leo XIV’s statements on AI, the publications under Pope Francis, and the ethics of AI from a theological perspective.
No, We Don’t Live in a F—ing Simulation!
It's a fun thought experiment: what if the universe is a simulation, and nothing around us is real? But lately, some of the most powerful people in tech (and politics)…
Solidarity with Scarlett Johansson? Let me explain
As the industry has consolidated and adopted new technologies, it’s used its power against labor. Johansson needs to fight along with other workers in the industry if they’re going to…
Silicon Valley’s propaganda machine
The Future is here. After announcing it was getting into the content game earlier this year, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, launched its Future blog this week to…
You’re now connected to AmazonNet – The Hammer
Remember, Amazon owns a third of the market for cloud computing, is buying up undersea cables around the world, and plans to launch thousands of satellites into orbit to provide…
Hear Jeff Bezos Roar
As FilmCritHulk explained, the media mega-mergers are not only consolidating power in the industry and narrowing what gets produced, they’re also designed to crush the power of industry unions. For…