The United States and China are increasingly positioning one another as geopolitical foes, and that’s leading to reductive nationalist narratives that distract from tech’s real harms.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @yangyang_cheng about the need to look at the United States and China more objectively if we want to truly understand the threats posed to us by technologies emanating from both countries.
Sam Altman wants to scan all of our irises with his Worldcoin Orbs, and promises we’ll get a ton of benefits beyond a few crypto tokens if we let him.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @molly0xfff about the real ambitions of the Worldcoin project, and we briefly discussed why Sam Bankman-Fried was just sent to prison. It might have crashed, but crypto isn’t dead yet.
Venture capitalists are parasites that deploy harmful technologies in the name of profit and control. Now they’re fueling AI hype not to improve the world, but to make a quick buck.
On #TechWontSaveUs, Edward Ongweso Jr. outlines why we need to abolish venture capital if we have any hope of creating better technology and actually improving people’s lives.