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Decomputing for a Better Future

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Dan McQuillan on the global push toward rapid AI adoption at all costs.

Paris Marx

July 24, 2025

Donald Trump during the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Trump hailed more than $92 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure.(Brian Kaiser / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Decomputing For a Better Future | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the political push by global governments towards rapid AI adoption at all costs, and how citizens can critically rethink not only our dependence on these technologies, but imagine a collective future that benefits everyone.

Dan McQuillan is a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London and the author of Resisting AI.

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Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the political push by global governments toward rapid AI adoption at all costs, and how citizens can critically not only rethink our dependence on these technologies but also imagine a collective future that benefits everyone.

Dan McQuillan is a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the author of Resisting AI.

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How Effective is Australia’s Social Media Age Limit? w/ Cam Wilson | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss the new social media age limit in Australia, including how successful the rollout has been so far and the missed opportunities of taking a more nuanced regulatory approach.

Cam Wilson is an associate editor at ⁠Crikey⁠ and writes ⁠The Sizzle⁠ newsletter. He’s a co-author of Conspiracy Nation: Exposing the Dangerous World of Australian Conspiracy Theories.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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