this kind of stuff, it's all based on his personal grievances. It's so obviously his personal

grievances that it reminds me of like just some 20-something in their mom's basement that runs a

pro board server and is just losing his mind because people won't stop talking about how stupid

they think he is. Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us. I'm your host, Paris Marks, and this week I have something a little bit different for you.

On December 18th, I hosted a live stream for Patreon supporters of the show to, you know, discuss the year in tech, to go through everything, and to announce the winner of the competition that I was running on Tech Won't Save Us's Twitter account for the

worst person in tech of 2022. If you're listening, now you may have already heard the winner to that,

but if not, well, you can stay tuned to the end and you can hear that announcement.

My guest during this live stream were Brian Merchant, Chris Gileard, and Gita Jackson.

I'll introduce them more in the recording itself.

But if you listen to the show regularly, you will likely be familiar with them and their work because they've all been on the show multiple times.

And I was very happy to have them for this conversation as we discussed many of the things that happened in the tech industry over

the past year. I'll keep this short because this is a long recording. We get into a lot and I don't

really feel the need to set it up so much. But I did want to thank each and every one of you who

listen to the show, particularly those of you who support the show on patreon.com, who make it

possible for me to continue doing this work,

to have Eric, our producer, put it together every week, and to have Bridget doing the

transcripts for the show that you can find on the website as I am able to upload them.

None of that would be possible without the support that we get from you.

And of course, just having so many people listen to it is fantastic because it ensures that

these perspectives are getting out there more that people are getting a more critical analysis

of the tech industry, of things that are going on in this industry, and of the people who

are making important decisions that affect all of our lives every single day.

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