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Tech's Response to COVID-19 with Wendy Liu
Tech Won't Save Us
English - April 20, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 395 ratingsPolitics News Technology technology silicon valley politics socialism criticism news books paris marx tech criticism future Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to talk about how the tech industry is responding to COVID-19, how tech workers may find their jobs at risk in the aftermath, and why we need to change the system to build tech for the public good instead of in service to private capital.
Wendy Liu is the author of "Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism." She has also written for Tribune Magazine, Logic Magazine, and the New Statesman. Follow Wendy on Twitter as @dellsystem.
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.
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