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Mark Zuckerberg wants to you be lonely and miserable

6 days 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.
What you missed in April 2025

1 week ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

Will Elon Musk really curtail the time he spends at DOGE dismantling the US government? Is the AI boom finally dipping as data center investments are paired back? I’m sure they were some of the big stories you might have encountered over the past month, but there are a lot of others that may have bypassed your radar — and that’s the point of this monthly recap.
Why I’m getting off US tech

1 week ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

In January, we watched Donald Trump be inaugurated as president for the second time, but there was something new: the billionaires of Silicon Valley had a front row seat. They’d funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into Trump’s campaign, then millions more into his inauguration fund.
Canada’s tech executives aren’t scared of Mark Carney

2 weeks ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

In April 2024, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government was trying to claw back public support as an election grew closer. The annual budget provided an opportunity for a reset — not just of the government’s agenda, but of the narrative it was selling to the public. Budget 2024 promoted a suite of measures that were supposed to increase home construction, lower cost of living, and strengthen the social safety net.
Faltering Conservative support won’t stop Canada’s tech leaders

3 weeks ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

Canada’s election is winding to its close with only 11 days left until voting day, and tonight party leaders meet for a second time — this time in English — to debate some of the biggest issues facing the country.
A critical tech reading list for spring 2025

1 month ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

For the past couple weeks, I’ve been in New Zealand and there’s one book I keep hearing about: Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People — because I’m talking to a lot of people about tech and, of course, she happens to be a New Zealander. But even without that fact, it’s a book I’m intrigued to read because of the controversy it’s stirred up and the mixed reactions I’ve seen to it. Certainly, a brutal recounting for Facebook’s leadership, but at the same time, is the narrator truly so innocent?
What you missed in March 2025

1 month ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

Do you feel liberated? The spectacle Donald Trump put on at the White House this past week was something to behold, not just because of the empty showmanship, but because of how it continues to tank the United States’ relationships with so much of the world — let alone its own economy. You have to wonder at what point it gets so bad the US government is finally pulled into line once again by the country’s own elites, but that also seems hard to imagine for the moment.
DOGE is going global. It needs to be stopped.

1 month ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

“We need a DOGE right now.” Those words were retweeted by Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke in early February, alongside an image calling out an aid initiative funded by the Canadian government in Ghana. As the extreme right in the United States had begun pouring over government spending to pull out any program they deemed too “woke” or wasteful, that same spirit was being seized by fellow travelers beyond its borders.
Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground

2 months ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

In recent months, Elon Musk has seemed on top of the world. He made a risky alliance with Donald Trump, who went on to win the presidency, then took the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency (without taking the official title) and has been sending his minions throughout the US government with a directive to gut those aspects of it that don’t align with their worldview.
The United States has gone rogue. There must be consequences.

2 months ago | disconnect.blog | Paris Marx

The United States has declared an imperialist trade war against its neighbors and some of its closest partners: Canada and Mexico. President Donald Trump hit the two countries with 25% tariffs on almost all goods, along with 10% on energy and mineral exports. More tariffs could follow in the coming weeks, and he’s justifying them all by saying they’re necessary to force his neighbors to do more to combat the trade of fentanyl. But that’s not the real reason underlying Trump’s tariff policy.