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Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss David Golumbia's final book Cyberlibertarianism and how right-wing politics shaped how we think about the internet.

Chris Gilliard is co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute and author of the forthcoming book Luxury Surveillance, coming in 2026.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham.

Also mentioned in this episode:

David Golumbia wrote an essay called “ChatGPT Should Not Exist” in December 2022.
Matt Bors drew a comic called “You made become a Nazi!”
Cyberlibertarianism is out now from the University of Minnesota Press.

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The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism w/ Chris Gilliard

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