Is There a Jobs or a Gate in the Industry?

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I think it's particularly illustrative and important history to remember, especially as we're in this moment now where the companies are cutting and slashing. Not just like a local labor market struggle, but a global struggle over the value of labor, right? And so if I can give people to think Silicon Valley and think nuclear missiles and the Cold War and massacres in Vietnam, instead of Silicon Valley, the Grateful Dead and early computers, then I think that will be a very large success.

Paris Marx is joined by Malcolm Harris to discuss the sordid history of Silicon Valley, including the long influence of eugenics at Stanford, how Silicon Valley profited from the United States’ wars throughout the 20th century, and why the libertarian narrative of tech hide a much darker reality.

Malcolm Harris is the author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. You can follow Malcolm on Twitter at @BigMeanInternet.

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, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

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