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We have these people who are very socially isolated and have difficulty relating to other people,

think trying to design or trying to dream up

what society is going to look like for everybody else.

There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.

I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

Back in 2010, technology felt exciting.

It was when we first got the old-school non-Facebook-affiliated Instagram app.

Remember the Sienna filter?

Oh, I loved it. We were talking about commercial space travel. The very first iPad debuted.

The vibe seemed to be that Silicon Valley geniuses were bestowing gifts to us in the form of new

technology, and our job was to be in all of these gifts and to say

thank you. So there was a lot of optimism around technology, and it was easy to think about it as being

an unquestionable force for good. And maybe that's why, when you look back at that time,

there weren't a lot of critical questions about technology and the people who make it,

and whether or not

that technology was actually contributing to a better future, one that we'd actually want.

That's a dynamic that Paris Marx says has led to tech leaders getting really used to being

able to do whatever they want. And Paris is trying to course correct.

I'm Paris Marks. I host the Tech Won't Save Us podcast.

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