Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us: Joanne McNeil unpacks Big Tech’s driverless transport fantasy.
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Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how technology will improve transportation.
Joanne McNeil is a freelance writer and the author of Wrong Way and Lurking: How a Person Became a User.
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An Amazon Zoox driverless robotaxi drives on the Las Vegas Strip on August 7, 2025.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how technology will improve transportation.
Joanne McNeil is a freelance writer and the author of Wrong Way and Lurking: How a Person Became a User.
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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.
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