Platforms for Public Good

Paris Marx is joined by Mathew Lawrence and Thomas Hanna to discuss the problems with platforms, why antitrust alone is not enough to fix them, and how we can encourage the creation of democratic platforms that serve the public good.

Mathew Lawrence is the founder and director of Common Wealth. He’s also the co-author of “Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown.” Preorder it now from Verso Books and follow him on Twitter as @DantonsHead.

• Mathew and Thomas wrote a new report with Nils Peters called “A Common Platform: Reimagining Data and Platforms.”
• Eric Levitz wrote about how venture capitalists are like US central planners.
• Dan Hind wrote a previous report called “The British Digital Cooperative.”

• Abolish Venture Capital w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
• Everyone Hates VCs After the SVB Collapse w/ Jacob Silverman
• The Year in Tech w/ Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, & Gita Jackson
• Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff