We Can’t Talk About Tech Without Talking About Resources

Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss why we should care about the supply chains of technology, what that resource extraction means for people in Latin America, and how we should think about a less resource-intensive future.

Thea Riofrancos is the author of “Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador” and co-author of “A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal.” She is also an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College and a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute. Her argument against green extractivism was published by Logic Magazine. Follow Thea on Twitter as @triofrancos.

• “Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction under Late Capitalism” by Martín Arboleda
• “Could a Green New Deal makes us happier people?” by Kate Aronoff
• “Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?: Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk” by James Wilt

• How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel
• Electric Vehicles Are Driving a Mining Boom w/ Thea Riofrancos