The Importance of Relationship in the Arts

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I think like architecture and the tech industry, both kind of launder the harms that they do. For example, their participation in gentrification or something like this,. They use very similar techniques of communication and PR. It's really important to understand that a lot of these promises are really empty. I mean, you're not going to create meal. You're not Going to Create Like Bjorka angles.

Paris Marx is joined by Kate Wagner to discuss the goals behind Saudi Arabia’s architectural megaprojects, the incentives for major architects to work on projects for despotic regimes, and how architecture’s relationship to tech is driven by profits and PR.

Kate Wagner is an architecture critic and journalist. She’s also the creator of McMansion Hell. Follow Kate on Twitter at @mcmansionhell.

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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