Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Jan 23, 2025

The New Tech Oligarchy

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Gaby Del Valle on the billionaires at the inauguration.

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The New Tech Oligarchy w/ Gaby Del Valle | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Gaby Del Valle to discuss the inauguration of Donald Trump and what the tech oligarchy hopes to get from their relationship with him.

Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge and is working on a book on ecofascism that will be released by Bloomsbury in 2027.

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Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, on January 20, 2025.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Gaby Del Valle to discuss the inauguration of Donald Trump and what the tech oligarchy hopes to get from its relationship with him.

Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge and is working on a book on ecofascism that will be released by Bloomsbury in 2027.

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The Dirty Alliance Between Tech and the Oil Industry w/ JS Tan | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss his experience seeing first hand how Microsoft deployed its cloud and machine learning services to help Chevron extract more oil and gas, and the state of tech worker organizing around climate change. 

JS Tan is a PhD student at MIT, researching cloud computing in the US and China. He’s a a member of Collective Action in Tech and writes the Value Added newsletter.

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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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