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Tech Won't Save Us

Tech Won't Save Us

Auteur(s): Paris Marx
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 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.© 2025 Tech Won't Save Us Art Politique
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  • Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap

    Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap
    Aug 21 2025
    Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss how countries’ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty.Cecilia Rikap is Associate Professor in Economics at University College London and Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.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.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.Also mentioned in this episode: Cecilia (and Paris!) worked on a report offering a roadmap to reclaiming digital sovereignty. The UK Labour Party forced the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority to step down earlier this year to promote its pro-growth agenda. A Microsoft executive told a French Senate committee that it could not guarantee data sovereignty if the US government requested information stored on its servers in Europe. Alexandre de Moraes is the Brazilian judge pushing back against big tech. The US is sanctioning judges from the ICC (as well as Alexandre de Moraes) Support the show
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    1 h
  • Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti

    Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti
    Aug 14 2025
    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.Paolo Benanti is an author, academic, and priest. He teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was an advisor to Pope Francis on artificial intelligence and technology ethics.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.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.Also mentioned in this episode: Paris wrote about what Pope Leo XIV and the Church have been saying about AI. In June, Pope Leo sent a message to the Second Annual Rome Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Under Pope Francis, the Church published a note on AI called Antiqua et nova. Here is a short breakdown of its content. Support the show
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    56 min
  • What Google Zero Means for Journalism w/ Matt Pearce

    What Google Zero Means for Journalism w/ Matt Pearce
    Aug 7 2025
    Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google’s use of generative AI is sending far less traffic to all manner of websites, but especially news publications, and what that might mean for the future of journalism.Matt Pearce is Director of Policy at Rebuild Local News and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.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.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.Also mentioned in this episode: Matt makes the case that unchecked AI may cause newsprint to outlive the hyperlink AI scrapers are driving traffic away from traditional sites while increasing their operational costs. Learn more about coping with news fatigue. Support the show
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    1 h et 1 min
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