What Netflix Has Done to Movies
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Will Tavlin on Hollywood, data and deception.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss how the Netflix model transformed film into the Typical Netflix Movie and how the company uses claims about data to deceive the public.
Will Tavlin is a New York-based writer who has written for n+1, Bookforum, and the Columbia Journalism Review.
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(Phil Barker / Future Publishing via Getty Images)On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Will Tavlin to discuss how the Netflix model transformed film into the Typical Netflix Movie and how the company uses claims about data to deceive the public.
Will Tavlin is a New York-based writer who has written for n+1, Bookforum, and the Columbia Journalism Review.

Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to materialize.
Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute.
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