Host of Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm .. Projects and bio at https://creativegood.com .. anti-Big Tech, pro-everyone who's trying to make tech better.
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Mark Hurst
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On Techtonic, @davekarpf says that fighting data centers could help pop the AI bubble and save democracy. Whole conversation is worth listening to.
Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-06-08-dave-karpf-on-the-data-center-backlash/
New from me: Maybe we should all go offline. All Big Tech is giving us is sludge, slop, and psychosis.
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/maybe-we-should-all-go-offline/
As the internet has gotten worse, I've started handwriting letters again.
New from me -
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/maybe-we-should-all-go-offline/
The descent continues.
Just like the oil companies encourage usage of plastic in order to boost oil demand, the tech companies are jamming AI everywhere in order to justify their slop factories.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@EFLS/116708975925367591
Here's my recent show with Peter Schmidt on the book "Attensity!":
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-01-26-peter-schmidt-on-the-book-attensity-by-the-friends-of-attention/
Thanks, @EFLS !
On the new Techtonic, Berkeley CS professor Ben Recht describes why VALUES and COLLECTIVE DECISIONS should drive technology, not the other way around.
Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-06-01-ben-recht-author-the-irrational-decision/
More Techtonic:
https://techtonic.fm
People sometimes ask me when Silicon Valley really turned bad. I always say: although it's a continuum, there was a distinct change in 2008-2009, when the Wall Street bros saw their scam collapse and moved west to start it up again.
"So, to recap:
1. The pope issues a warning against turning AI into an idol.
2. Silicon Valley techies scoff at the pope, saying that they’re too busy creating a machine God that rivals the Second Coming."
Great read by @markhurst that mentions some of the unsettling goals of the big tech […]
