Paris Marx

4 days ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

In April, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale got into a brawl with former Coinbase chief technology officer and Network State advocate Balaji Srinivasan. It wasn’t on a prominent stage or even Twitter/X; it happened in a Signal group chat that’s become a virtual gathering place for influential tech figures.

1 week ago | thenation.com | Paris Marx

Paris Marx Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

2 weeks ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

47% of people between the ages of 16 and 21 would prefer to be young in a world with no internet. Those startling numbers come from a new survey released Tuesday by the British Standards Institute, which also found that 68% of respondents feel worse about themselves after spending time on social media platforms. The survey results are sure to fuel a growing conversation about what to do about the harms and drawbacks of social media platforms.

3 weeks ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

The Catholic Church might not seem like the most natural ally in a technology fight. It’s a centuries-old institution that holds to quite socially conservative values as Western societies have become more secular, and is still reckoning with the fallout from its sexual abuse scandal and ties with colonialism, to name just a couple. Yet, the Church can have immense influence.

4 weeks ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

Mark Zuckerberg is known for being socially awkward, to put it mildly. In April, podcaster and comedian Theo Von told Zuckerberg to his face that he sees socially awkward people as “almost a mix between human and machine.” But he still wanted to get insight into the human half of the tech billionaire, despite having struggled to get through a simple exchange with him about drinking coffee. At one point in the interview, Zuckerberg spoke about the time he spends with his children.