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The Left Doesn’t Hate Technology—With Gita Jackson

Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss why the left’s hatred of AI is justified and why a different approach to technology is necessary.

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Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss why the left’s hatred of AI is justified, why a different approach to technology is necessary, and how they’re reassessing their own relationships with digital tech.

Gita Jackson is a co-founder of Aftermath.

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Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
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Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss why the left’s hatred of AI is justified, why a different approach to technology is necessary, and how they’re reassessing their own relationships with digital tech. Gita Jackson is a cofounder of Aftermath.

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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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