Is There a Difference Between the Internet and Queer People?

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Sally Kohn: I feel like so many of the stories that i see are like, yah, you know, my dab brought home this computer when i was like a kid. So obviously those people have kind of a leg off on the others who might be trying to get into the industry. And i think your book provided a really interesting and really inciteful example of that. She says she wanted to give people a look at what the texine was like back then; it was more diverse than people seemed to think.Kohn: It's quite brief, but i'm glad it resinated, because i just, i wanted to respect that there had been an absence in the

Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important contribution to the early web, and whether COVID-19 will change how we use platforms in the future.

Joanne McNeil is the author of “Lurking: How a Person Became a User.” She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, WIRED, the Baffler, and more. Follow Joanne on Twitter as @jomc.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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