The farmers that I hang out with, they're just like, why would you need that? This is definitely the

invention of like city people who have nothing better to do.

Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us. I'm your host, Harris Marks, and today my guest is Shaoui Wang.

Shaoay is a technologist, artist, and writer who serves as the creative director at Logic

Magazine.

They're currently working on their PhD at UC Berkeley and are the author

of blockchain chicken farm and other stories of tech in China's countryside. Shoui's book forms the

core of our conversation, looking at how rural China is changing as technology and global supply chains

move into small communities all around the country

and change the way that farming practices and the everyday lives of these people operate.

It's a really fascinating book that I highly recommend.

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that are made in Canada. Another of the great podcasts on the network is 49th Parahel, with host

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Showay, welcome to Tech Won't Save Us. Thank you so much, Paris. I'm so happy to be on this show.

I read your new book, Blockchain Chicken Farm, and I absolutely loved it. I think it's like so unique. It's so

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