On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Laleh Khalili on Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank.
Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, February 21, 2025. (Zak Bennett / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry.
Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, I’m joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry.
Laleh Khalili is a professor of Gulf studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
A cult of fascist ideology has gripped Silicon Valley, and the tech industrial complex is threatening US democracy. Gil Durán joins Paris Marx to discuss the radical billionaire cabal that is hellbent on the consolidation of corporate and political power, including the visions they have for the future and the strategies they’re using to drive us there.
Gil Durán is the author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy and writes The Nerd Reich newsletter.
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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.