Is There a Real Fundamental Shift That Starts to Happen in the 1980s?

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Sally Kohn: The state has a role to play in building infrastructure, creating the foundations that are necessary for prosperity to exist. She says there is this ideology that forms around the tech industry as it picks up some of these neoliberal ideas. Kohn: We can't really solve these fundamental issues because we need to rely on the private sector.

Paris Marx is the host of the popular tech-critical podcast Tech Won't Save Us, and the author of a new book called Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. On this week's episode, Paris joins Kirsten and Ed for a wide-ranging look at his left-of-center critiques of the mobility technology sector and his arguments for a less "solutionist" approach to our mobility challenges.