On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Aaron Benanav on his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates.
Jason Kwon, chief strategy officer of OpenAI, speaks during a conference in Seoul, South Korea, on September 10, 2025. (SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates. It’s a plan to center human experience through democratic discourse while driving true social and technological innovation.
Aaron Benanav is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University and the author of Automation and the Future of Work.
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Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates. It’s a plan to center human experience through democratic discourse while driving true social and technological innovation.
Aaron Benanav is an assistant professor at Cornell University and the author of Automation and the Future of Work.
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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.
Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. Laís Martins joins Paris Marx to discuss why the renewable energy sector is behind a rise in Brazilian data center development, how this is impacting communities, and the ways this greenwashing is redirecting funding away from more socially progressive projects.
Laís Martins is a technology reporter at The Intercept Brasil.
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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.