• Making Sense of a Pro-Tech Trump Presidency w/ Brian Merchant

  • Nov 14 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Making Sense of a Pro-Tech Trump Presidency w/ Brian Merchant

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  • Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the fallout from the US election, what it means for the tech industry, and more importantly, what it might mean for all of us. They also celebrate the show hitting 250 episodes!

    Brian Merchant is a longtime tech writer and author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.

    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 Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.

    Also mentioned in this episode:

    • Brian wrote about the results of the election on his newsletter.
    • Paris wrote about why we need to remember who enabled Elon Musk to obtain his power.
    • There are already reports of advertisers returning to Twitter/X to gain favor with Musk and Trump.
    • OpenAI is moving away from its original non-profit status.
    • Uber chief legal officer Tony West told Kamala Harris to stop attacking big business.

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