Is It Easier Than You Think?

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i've been trying to reduce, if not eliminate, my uses of these major platforms in recent years. And like i hate the companies that i hate their businesso so much. It can feel so tough, right? Because of how they've just worked their ways into all the different aspects of our lives. So it's so frustrating, because it's like we can't escape.

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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