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Escaping the Processed World

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Chris Carlsson on the legacy of Processed World, an anti-capitalist magazine that took on tech.

Paris Marx

August 1, 2024

Speakers sit onstage during “Why Can’t Tech Save Politics?” at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 8, 2014, in San Francisco, California.(Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

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Escaping the Processed World w/ Chris Carlsson | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Chris Carlsson to discuss Processed World, a tech-critical, anti-capitalist magazine that satirized the absurdity of work in its publishing run between 1981 and 2005. 

Chris Carlsson is the author of many books, including most recently When Shells Crumble. He’s the director of Shaping SF and a cofounder of Critical Mass. He was also one of the people behind Processed World.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Chris Carlsson to discuss Processed World, a tech-critical, anti-capitalist magazine that satirized the absurdity of work in its publishing run between 1981 and 2005.

Chris Carlsson is the author of many books, including, most recently, When Shells Crumble. He’s the director of Shaping SF and a cofounder of Critical Mass. He was also one of the people behind Processed World.

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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.

Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce | Tech Won't Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google sidestepped two California bills aimed at funding journalism and how major tech companies are transforming the web to make hyperlinks less relevant.

Matt Pearce is the President of Media Guild of the West and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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Paris MarxParis 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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