Palo Alto's Technology Becomes the Answer to the Cold War Question

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Sally Kohn: Silicon Valley provided the secret sauce for missile Keynesianism. She says it was a plan to re-secure American domination in the wake of anti-colonial struggle after World War II. Kohn: It's important to remember that these people had a conception of human hierarchy as essential, right? And if you create some sort of world system where everyone's equal, that's unnatural and wrong," she writes.

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.

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