Paris Marx

Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting—With Eric Silver How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting—With Eric Silver

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, a discussion of Spotify's futile effort to dominate podcasts.

Jan 25, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems—With Timnit Gebru

AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems—With Timnit Gebru AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems—With Timnit Gebru

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, a discussion on the past year in artificial intelligence.

Jan 18, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

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What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Vincent Bevins discusses why the horizontalism of the 2010s mass protest movements didn’t quite work.

Jan 11, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

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The Reckless History of the Automobile The Reckless History of the Automobile

In The Car, Bryan Appleyard sets out to celebrate the freedom these vehicles granted. But what if they were a dangerous technology from the start?

Mar 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Paris Marx

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