When you have access to so much information, you, there begins to be this like fundamental psychological mismatch between like how much you know and what you can do about it.

And this was not as bad of a problem when information was more gate kept.

And like there are also downsides to information being more gate kept.

But one thing it provided you was information in ways that, like,

it was, that were designed for you as a regular person

and not a subject matter expert to consume that made them make sense

and contextualize them for, like, who you are generally.

Yeah. you are generally. Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us, made in partnership with The Nation magazine.

I'm your host, Paris Marks, and this week, before we get to my guest, I want to talk about the fact

that Tech won't Save Us is turning six years old this month.

First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has started supporting the show this month already

to help us hit our goal of 100 new supporters by the end of the month, to help

us continue providing these critical perspectives on the tech industry that you learn from every

single week. That helps you better understand what the tech billionaires of Silicon Valley are up to,

what these tech companies are doing to our world and our lives, and why we really need something

else, right? Why we really

need to change this. This is part of the focus of the show and has been since day one all the way

back in 2020. I'm recording this a few days before the episode actually air, so I can't say how many

people have supported the show so far, but we're already, even as I record this, over a fifth

of the way to our goal,

and I'm sure we'll be even closer by the time that this airs. So thank you so much, first of all.

And of course, if you do enjoy the work that I put into making the show every single week,

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