Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates. It’s a plan to center human experience through democratic discourse while driving true social and technological innovation.
<a href="https://www.aaronbenanav.com">Aaron Benanav</a> is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University and the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9781839761324">Automation and the Future of Work</a>.
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 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus">Patreon</a>.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
Also mentioned in this episode:
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The <a href="https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1">two</a> <a href="https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2">parts</a> of Aaron’s essay on a Multi-Criterial Economy were published in the New Left Review.
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Learn <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/8/7/how-bangladeshs-gen-z-protests-brought-down-pm-sheikh-hasina">more</a> about the briefly discussed Bangladesh <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/5/theyre-selling-the-revolution-bangladesh-a-year-after-hasinas-downfall">youth led revolution</a>.
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