Join James Hughes and George Dvorsky for a timely discussion on the Technoprogressive Hub podcast, at the intersection of technology and progressive politics. They explore the Left's identity crisis in Canada, the politics of universal access to GLP-1 drugs, and the evolving landscape of AI regulation.

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“What Ever Happened to the Transhumanists?” by George Dvorsky

George on Wikipedia 

George at Gizmodo  

Today on Technoprogressive Hub, Matteo and J unpack Cory Doctorow’s enshittification thesis, the emerging concept of technofascism, and the connection between them. 

“The Age of Enshittification” by Kyle Chayka. 

“The Enshittifcation of Government” by Christian Sarkar 

“Technofascism comes to America” by Kyle Chayka

“Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism” by Mark Coeckelbergh

Richard (RJ) Eskow is a journalist and policy consultant, and host of The Zero Hour, a nationally syndicated radio and television program. He has served as a Senior Fellow with Social Security Works and the Campaign for America’s Future, and is a member of the IEET Board of Directors. 

We talk about the challenge of promoting technoprogressive solutions to progressives who associate the technologies with billionaires and fascism. We address universal basic income, regulating AI, Buddhist approaches to the self and machine sentience, and Medicare4All. 

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RJ Eskow https://www.rjeskow.com/bio

The Zero Hour https://thisisthezerohour.com/

RJ Eskow at Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/author/richard-eskow

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies is working to create a technoprogressive policy agenda. This Technoprogressive Hub podcast will be hosted by IEET Executive Director J. Hughes, a sociologist and ethicist, interviewing people about technoprogressive ideas. For this initial podcast Dr. J. is joined by Eli Zupnick, a Washington DC-based political operative, and Matteo McDermant who teaches in Albuquerque, New Mexico and produces the Bread and Robots podcast and Substack.