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Tech Won't Save Us (Paris Marx)

Platform algorithms Digital rights & policy

What can I learn?

Weekly critical-tech podcast offering rigorous vocabulary to push back against techno-solutionism and AI hype. Covers the political economy of Big Tech with solid research.

Core insight

Most AI 'solutions' are solutions looking for problems — and the hype cycle serves the interests of investors, not users.

How to use it in daily work

Builds resistance to hype and gives you the vocabulary to help clients think critically about AI claims.

  • When a client excitedly asks about a new AI tool that promises to 'solve' a social problem, you have the framework to ask 'who benefits, and at whose cost?'

Time

30–45 minutes per episode, weekly

Cost

Free