About this episode
Paris Marx takes a solo episode to discuss the billionaire space race. Specifically, how billionaires are selling grand futures of space travel as a PR scheme to get huge public contracts that will allow them to control the infrastructure of space. 🚨 T-shirts are now available ! 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. Follow the podcast ( @techwontsaveus ) and host Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon . Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com . Also mentioned in this episode: Paris wrote about the billionaire space race , and it was translated into German , Italian , and Turkish . New Mexico’s $220-million Spaceport America that’s used by Virgin Galactic is a joke. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has been way overhyped . If we went to Mars, we would get cancer . Adam Mann had a great essay on how we should think about Mars , and whether it’s “ours.” Elon Musk says we can be indentured servants on Mars, and people will die . Paris has written about Jeff Bezos’ space colonies , and compared them to Blade Runner and The Expanse . Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon CEO to take on the role of Executive Chairman. Ursula K. Le Guin argues science fiction isn’t about the future , nor is it predictive. Amazon’s emissions rose 19% in 2020 and it’s helping Big Oil . Paris wrote about the real climate future billionaires are creating. Support the show