Tech Won't Save Us

Pondering the Orb w/ Molly White

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Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss Sam Bankman-Fried having his bail revoked and Sam Altman’s plan to scan all of our irises to get us into crypto and supposedly protect us from AI.
 
Molly White is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great and a fellow at the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. You can follow Molly on Twitter at @molly0xFFF.

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. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Molly wrote about Sam Bankman-Fried going to prison and what’s going on with Worldcoin in her newsletter.
  • Paris also dug into Worldcoin in the Disconnect newsletter.
  • The New York Times published a story about Caroline Ellison based on details provided by Sam Bankman-Fried.
  • MIT Tech Review and Buzzfeed News did in-depth investigations of Worldcoin and its exploitation of people in the Global South.
  • Worldcoin has been shut down in Kenya and is under regulatory scrutiny in the European Union.

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