From the early days of the internet to the dot-com boom to the period after the 2008 recession, we’re constantly distracted by utopian visions for what digital technology might deliver instead of critical assessing them.
On this week’s #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @Rushkoff about why it’s time for us to wake up and challenge the power and self-serving narratives of the tech billionaires — before it’s too late.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11828681-trusting-tech-billionaires-is-a-recipe-for-disaster-w-douglas-rushkoff
#tech #siliconvalley #podcast #politics
On this week’s #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @Rushkoff about why it’s time for us to wake up and challenge the power and self-serving narratives of the tech billionaires — before it’s too late.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11828681-trusting-tech-billionaires-is-a-recipe-for-disaster-w-douglas-rushkoff
#tech #siliconvalley #podcast #politics
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff - Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to discuss why internet visions of the 1990s were wrong to ignore corporate power, how the dot-com boom was like a Ponzi scheme, and why we desperately need to stop elevating tech billionaires.Douglas Rushk...Buzzsprout