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The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Chris Gilliard on how politics shaped the way we think about the internet.

Paris Marx

January 30, 2025

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The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism w/ Chris Gilliard | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss David Golumbia's final book Cyberlibertarianism and how right-wing politics shaped how we think about the internet.

Chris Gilliard is co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute and author of the forthcoming book Luxury Surveillance, coming in 2026.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss David Golumbia’s final book, Cyberlibertarianism, and how right-wing politics shaped how we think about the Internet.

Chris Gilliard is codirector of the Critical Internet Studies Institute and author of the forthcoming book Luxury Surveillance, coming in 2026.

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How Mass Layoffs Changed Working in Tech w/ Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan / Tech Won’t Save Us
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Not long ago, tech jobs were sought after for their security, benefits, wages, and the progressive values promoted by Silicon Valley companies. But now workers are barely hanging on. Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan join Paris Marx to discuss the state of worker organizing in the tech industry, including how it’s changed since the mid-2010s and where it needs to go from here.

Clarissa Redwine is a tech worker and labor activist. JS Tan is a PhD candidate at MIT and writes the Value Added newsletter. They are the authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires. He hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and writes the Disconnect newsletter.


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