Articles by Paris Marx

These days much of my writing is published on Disconnect. Go back to the page about my writing for more information.

2024

Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada’s far-right broligarchs | The Breach | 19/12/2024
We need a made-in-Canada digital revolution | Toronto Star | 11/12/2024
"A repeat of the autonomous car hype-cycle of a decade ago is on the cards" | Dezeen | 21/11/2024
Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post | Canadian Dimension (Republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 04/11/2024
- Planifier l’obsolescence de Postes Canada (French) | Presse-toi à gauche | 12/11/2024
Toronto’s latest Nobel Prize winner is wrong: AI isn’t going to take over | Toronto Star | 18/10/2024
Unfiltered: the rise and fall of a tech mogul | North & South (republished to The Post) | 11/08/2024
Manufacturing an uber problem for gig workers | The Independent | 23/05/2024
Apple desperately needs its Next Big Thing | Business Insider | 14/05/2024
- Apple w potrzasku. Tim Cook nie jest geniuszem, którego potrzebuje firma (Polish) | Business Insider Polska | 18/05/2024
- Apple necesita desesperadamente un nuevo producto estrella si quiere mantener su hegemonía (Spanish) | Business Insider España | 16/05/2024
Why America's electric car push isn't working | Business Insider | 03/01/2024
- Co się stało z samochodami elektrycznymi? Miały być nieuniknioną przyszłością (Polish) | Business Insider Polska | 08/01/2024

2023

Can you break your smartphone addiction? | Business Insider | 15/08/2023
The risible origin story of “X” | New Statesman | 27/07/2023
Why Threads Will Never Be the New Twitter | Business Insider | 23/07/2023
- Threads nie będzie nowym Twitterem. Zuckerberg po prostu szuka dojnej krowy (Polish) | Business Insider Polska | 29/07/2023
- Por qué Threads jamás será el nuevo Twitter (Spanish) | Business Insider España | 27/07/2023
Big Tech Is Watching You as You Drive | The New Republic | 14/07/2023
Technology Is Not a Cure | Tribune Magazine | 03/07/2023 (Issue 1505)
- La tecnologia non è una cura (Italian) | Internazionale | 07/07/2023 (Issue 19)
The always-future revolution: on Matthew Ball’s The Metaverse | Overland Journal | 08/05/2023
The TikTok Ban Isn’t About National Security. It’s About the Global Dominance of US Tech. | Jacobin Magazine | 11/04/2023
- Os EUA querem banir o TikTok para manter o domínio global da tecnologia (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 17/04/2023
The Reckless History of the Automobile | The Nation | 13/03/2023
Self-Driving Cars Are Doing More Harm Than Good | The Information | 14/02/2023
A.I.'s dirty secret | Business Insider | 12/02/2023
- El sucio secreto de la inteligencia artificial (Spanish) | Business Insider España | 17/02/2023
Elon Musk Should Not Be In Charge of the Night Sky | TIME | 02/02/2023
- Il cielo non appartiene a Elon Musk (Italian) | Internazionale | 31/03/2023 (Issue 1505)
PM Trudeau, there’s nothing ‘innovative’ about privatized health care | The Breach | 01/02/2023

2022

The golden age of streaming TV is over | Business Insider | 12/15/2022
- La edad de oro de la televisión en 'streaming' se ha acabado (Spanish) | Business Insider España | 19/12/2022
Elon Musk’s useful philosopher | New Statesman | 14/11/2022
Elon Musk wants Twitter users to pay for their blue checks. What could possibly go wrong? | NBC News THINK | 02/11/2022
Cars are still cars—even when they’re electric | MIT Technology Review | 26/10/2022 (Nov/Dec 2022 Issue)
- Por qué el tamaño de los coches eléctricos importa en la ruta de la sostenibilidad (Spanish) | MIT Technology Review | 22/11/2022
- Les SUV électriques sont aussi un problème face à la crise climatique (French) | Capital | 28/10/2022
Vehicles of Extraction | Science for the People | 13/10/2022 (Volume 25, no 2)
Tech Giants Are Building an Anti-Social Dystopia | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 18/08/2022 (Issue 15)
- Una distopía de trabajadores desesperados y aislamiento social (Latin American Spanish) | Jacobin América Latina | 07/04/2023
- Gigantes da tecnologia estão construindo uma distopia para trabalhadores desesperados (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 16/01/2023
- La distopia on-demand (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 12/01/2023
- Teknoloji devleri anti-sosyal bir distopya inşa ediyor (Turkish) | Harici | 10/01/2023
Marc Andreessen's Plan to Solve the Housing Crisis Won't Work | Business Insider | 17/08/2022
- Por qué la última aventura del cofundador de WeWork no viene a solucionar nada (European Spanish) | Business Insider España | 19/08/2022
Competition Won’t Fix Canada’s Telecom Woes | Passage | 11/08/2022
Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him | TIME | 08/08/2022
Shifting to EVs is not enough. The deeper problem is our car dependence | CBC | 31/07/2022
How Corporate America Created Car Culture—And What We Can Do To Change It | Literary Hub | 21/07/2022
New Crypto-Climate Scheme: Putting Carbon Credits on the Blockchain | Business Insider | 20/07/2022
- La nueva estafa del mundo de las criptomonedas: la 'tokenización' de los bonos de carbono (European Spanish) | Business Insider España | 25/07/2022
- Tras el fracaso con WeWork, ahora Adam Neumann quiere resolver la crisis climática con créditos de carbono y criptomonedas (Latin American Spanish) | Business Insider Mexico | 20/07/2022
The Uber Leak Exposes the Global War on Workers | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 11/07/2022
- Ubers Erfolg ist das Ergebnis von schmutzigem Lobbyismus (German) | Jacobin Magazin | 25/07/2022
- Die Uber-Files enthüllen Ubers globalen Krieg gegen Arbeiter*innen (German) | Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung | 18/07/2022
- Tutte le bugie di Uber (Italian) | Internazionale | 15/07/2022 (Issue 1469)
- O vazamento da Uber expõe a guerra mundial contra os trabalhadores (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 12/07/2022
Transport Apps Promised to Eliminate Friction. But at What Cost? | WIRED | 05/07/2022
The Privatized Internet Has Failed Us | Jacobin Magazine | 16/06/2022
- A privatização da internet foi um fracasso (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 27/07/2022
- Riprendiamoci internet (Italian) | Internazionale | 01/07/2022 (Issue 1467)
A Look Back At Canada’s Failed Digital Contact-Tracing Experiment | Passage | 07/07/2022
The Hyperloop Won’t Save Us | Jacobin Magazine | 06/06/2022 (Issue 45)
Bitcoin capital: El Salvador’s crypto dream | The Architectural Review | 02/06/2022 (May 2022 Issue)
Putting the brakes on electric vehicles | THIS Magazine | 20/05/2022 (May-June 2022 Issue)
Crypto Was Always Going to Crash | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine and The Real News) | 17/05/2022
- As falaciosas promessas das criptomoedas estavam fadada ao colapso (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 18/05/2022
Here come Canada’s crypto-conservatives | The Breach | 10/05/2022
Welcome to Elon Musk’s Internet | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine and Live Wire) | 26/04/2022
- Elon Musk Gibi Milyarderler Demokrasinin Ne Olduğuna Dair Hiçbir Şey Bilmiyor (Turkish) | El Yazmalari | 14/05/2022
- Benvingudes a l’internet d’Elon Musk (Catalan) | Catarsi | 02/05/2022
- Musk’ın interneti (Turkish) | BirGün | 02/05/2022
- Cosa viene dopo Twitter? (Italian) | Jacobin Italia (republished to Il Manifesto in rete) | 28/04/2022
- Willkommen im Internet von Elon Musk (German) | Jacobin Magazin | 27/04/2022
- Los multimillonarios como Elon Musk no tienen ni idea de democracia (Latin American Spanish) | PIA Global | 26/04/2022
We Don’t Need Billionaires Like Elon Musk | Jacobin Magazine | 16/04/2022
- Não precisamos de bilionários como Elon Musk (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 26/04/2022
- Non abbiamo bisogno di Elon Musk (Italian) | Internazionale | 22/04/2022 (Issue 1457)
- Δεν χρειαζόμαστε δισεκατομμυριούχους σαν τον Έλον Μασκ (Greek) | Red and Black | 21/04/2022
- Não precisamos de bilionários como Elon Musk (European Portuguese) | Esquerda.net | 20/04/2022
Why Web3, the Blockchain and Crypto Internet, Is Doomed to Fail | Insider | 16/03/2022
- Web3は｢自由で民主的なインターネット｣を実現していない。巨大プラットフォーマーの支配が終わる日は来るのか (Japanese) (part two) | Business Insider Japan | 12/04/2022
False Futurism | Real Life Magazine | 24/02/2022

2021

What Happened to the Friendly Neighborhood (Working-Class) Spider-Man? | Jacobin Magazine (republished to The Wire) | 26/12/2021
- ¿Qué pasó con el hombre araña de la clase trabajadora? (Latin American Spanish) | Jacobin América Latina | 04/01/2022
- O que aconteceu com o homem-aranha da classe trabalhadora? (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 04/01/2022
- Hanno ucciso l’Uomo Ragno? (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 29/12/2021
Elon Musk is Time's 2021 'Person of the Year.' He doesn't deserve it. | NBC News THINK | 13/12/2021
Electric vehicles won’t save us — we need to get rid of cars completely | Insider (republished to Yahoo! News) | 20/11/2021
Billionaires won’t save us | Canadian Dimension | 17/11/2021
The Metaverse Must Be Stopped | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 09/11/2021
- Precisamos parar o “metaverso” (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 16/03/2022
- Sömürünün muhtemel yeni mecrası (Turkish) | 1+1 Express | 15/02/2022
- Hay que detener el metaverso de Facebook (Latin American Spanish) | Laguna Negra | 04/02/2022
- Metaversi duhet të ndalet (Albanian) | Gazeta Tema | 23/12/2021
- O “metaverso” do Facebook precisa ser parado (Brazilian Portuguese) | O Momento | 18/12/2021
- Il metaverso dev’essere fermato (Italian) | Internazionale | 03/12/2021 (Issue 1438)
- Plataformas que precarizan (Latin American Spanish) | RevistaREA | 23/11/2021
- Bisogna fermare il metaverso (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 22/11/2021
Justin Trudeau’s smoke and mirrors climate policy | Canadian Dimension | 08/11/2021
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Us to Spend Our Time, Money Trapped in His 'Metaverse' | Insider (republished to Yahoo! News) | 02/11/2021
The Fight for a Workers’ Hollywood | Tribune Magazine | 27/10/2021
- La lotta per i diritti sui set di film e serie tv (Italian) | Internazionale | 12/11/2021 (Issue 1435)
Don’t Give in to the Culture Industry’s Appeals to Nostalgia | Jacobin Magazine (republished to Live Wire) | 22/10/2021
- No caiem en el parany de la nostàlgia posat per la indústria cultural (Catalan) | Catarsi | 26/11/2021
- Verkaufsschlager Nostalgie (German) | Jacobin Magazin | 27/10/2021
Peter Thiel Embodies Silicon Valley’s Conservative Past and Dystopian Future | Jacobin Magazine | 09/10/2021
Tech Won’t Soften the Blow of a Big Reset in Healthcare | NL Federation of Labour | 24/08/2021
Reconnected | Real Life Magazine | 26/07/2021
Jeff Bezos thanks Amazon workers for Blue Origin launch in revealingly tone-deaf moment | NBC News THINK | 21/07/2021
Leave the Billionaires in Space | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine and The Real News) | 12/07/2021
- Vesmírným miliardářům nejde o záchranu planety, ale o peníze NASA (Czech) | Voxpot | 03/08/2021
- Deixemos os bilionários no espaço! (Brazilian Portuguese) | Outras Palavras (republished to Jacobin Brasil) | 30/07/2021
- Laissons les milliardaires dans l’espace (French) | Contretemps | 28/07/2021
- Milyarderleri uzayda bırakın (Turkish) | BirGün | 16/07/2021
- La corsa allo spazio dei miliardari (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 15/07/2021
- Lasst die Milliardäre im Weltraum (German) | Jacobin Magazin | 13/07/2021
Amazon Is a Symbol of Capitalism’s Wastefulness | Tribune Magazine | 23/06/2021
- A Amazon é um símbolo do desperdício capitalista (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 05/07/2021
- Amazon è il simbolo dello spreco capitalista (Italian) | Internazionale | 02/07/2021 (Issue 1416)
How the Big Tech Monopoly Is Killing Cinema | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine and The Wire) | 08/06/2021
- Grandes empresas de tecnologia estão matando o cinema (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 20/09/2021
- Chi uccide i film (Italian) | Internazionale | 03/08/2021 (Issue 1418)
- La gran tecnología está matando al cine (Latin American Spanish) | Jacobin América Latina | 03/07/2021
Amazon buys MGM as D.C. suit charges its monopolistic practices violate antitrust laws | NBC News THINK | 26/05/2021
Apple Won’t Save the World | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 17/05/2021
- A Apple não é sua amiga (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 05/10/2021
- Apple non salverà il pianeta (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 17/06/2021
The ‘Big Reset’ Proposes Deep Austerity For Newfoundland And Labrador | Passage | 14/05/2021
Amazon's anti-union PR efforts amid Alabama vote are a very bad look | NBC News THINK | 01/04/2021
Uber's proposed revamp of provincial labour laws would cement the notion that gig workers are not employees | CBC | 30/03/2021
Nomads in Search of a Villain | Jacobin Magazine | 08/02/2021 (Issue 40 - February 2020)
- Nomadland es una película bonita que ignora la cruda realidad (Latin American Spanish) | Jacobin América Latina | 25/04/2021
- Nômades em busca de um vilão (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 13/03/2021
Adios, Jeff Bezos | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 03/02/2021
- Jeff Bezos, un lascito di sfruttamento (Italian) | Gli Stati Generali | 24/02/2021
- Jeff Bezos: seu legado é exploração (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil (republished from Editora Elefante) | 24/02/2021
After Prop 22, Expect Uber to Escalate Its War on Workers’ Rights | Jacobin Magazine | 17/01/2021

2020

Billionaire Space Colonialism Is a Dead End | Tribune Magazine | 22/12/2020
It’s Time To Renationalize And Rethink Air Canada | Passage | 14/12/2020
When Automation Meets a Draconian Border Regime | Jacobin Magazine | 21/11/2020
The Ad-Based Internet Is About to Collapse. What Comes Next? | OneZero | 10/11/2020
Annamie Paul's byelection defeat marks a crossroads for Green Party | CBC | 29/10/2020
Joe Biden and the new climate denialism | Canadian Dimension | 23/10/2020
Amazon's 2020 Prime Day start amid Covid-19 offers great deals — but at what price? | NBC News THINK | 13/10/2020
We Can’t Stop Climate Change Without Class War | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 09/10/2020
- Sınıf savaşı olmadan iklim krizini asla durduramayız (Turkish) | BirGün | 25/06/2021
- İklim Değişikliği Sorununu Ancak Sınıf Savaşı Durdurabilir (Turkish) | Terrabayt | 03/02/2021
- Apenas a guerra de classes pode frear a crise climática e a hipocrisia do “capitalismo verde” (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 23/10/2020
Don’t Blame Social Media. Blame Capitalism. | Jacobin Magazine (republished to Tribune Magazine) | 27/09/2020
- Não culpe as redes sociais, culpe o capitalismo (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 01/10/2020
Don’t Put Big Tech in Control of the News | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 15/09/2020
- As Big Techs não irão salvar o jornalismo (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 03/08/2023
Water Street's pedestrian mall shouldn't just be revived, it should be permanent | CBC NL | 07/09/2020
How Trump’s Department of Justice Just Gave Hollywood Megacorporations Unlimited Power | Jacobin Magazine | 03/09/2020
Fighting Climate Change Requires a Transit Revolution | Tribune Magazine | 17/08/2020
Uber, Lyft want to defy California's gig economy law. The state should call their bluff. | NBC News THINK | 17/08/2020
We Need Sanitary, Free Public Bathrooms for All | Jacobin Magazine | 12/08/2020
The Pandemic Profiteers | Tribune Magazine | 02/08/2020
Pandemic-era planning makes it clear: Micromobility companies brought a distraction, not a revolution | CityMetric/City Monitor | 27/07/2020
One Solution to the Housing Crisis? Turn Airbnb into Public Housing | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 15/07/2020
- Uma solução para a crise habitacional? Transformar o Airbnb em moradia popular. (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 18/02/2021
- Jetzt ist der perfekte Zeitpunkt, um Airbnb abzuschaffen (German) | Jacobin Magazin | 22/07/2020
Uber buys Postmates in deal where restaurants, delivery people and customers all lose | NBC News THINK | 08/07/2020
Jean Chrétien’s austerity made Canada less prepared for COVID-19 | Canadian Dimension | 07/07/2020
Nothing But Flowers | The Trouble | 04/07/2020
Public Transportation Is a Human Right | Jacobin Magazine | 03/07/2020
Nationalize the Means of Transportation | Jacobin Magazine | 16/06/2020
- Socializem os meios de transporte (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 17/03/2021
The Limits of Basic Income | Tribune Magazine | 15/06/2020
Yes to Space Exploration. No to Space Capitalism. | Jacobin Magazine (republished to The Wire) | 08/06/2020
- Diga sim à exploração do espaço e não ao capitalismo espacial | Jacobin Brasil | 07/07/2021 (Issue 2)
It's good that St. John's is rethinking the downtown, but its planning priorities need an overhaul | CBC NL | 06/06/2020
Elon Musk’s New Baby’s Name Is Actually Less Absurd Than His Anti-Democratic, Quasi-Eugenicist Views | Jacobin Magazine | 07/05/2020
We Need a Robust CBC Now More Than Ever | Canadian Dimension | 16/04/2020
Build Socialism Through the Post Office | Jacobin Magazine | 15/04/2020
Amazon and Instacart delivery is a coronavirus goldmine. Workers need to use that leverage. | NBC News THINK | 08/04/2020
Trudeau’s Deal With Amazon Is A Dangerous Mistake | Passage | 03/04/2020
Nationalize the Telcos | Passage | 31/03/2020
Nationalize Amazon | In These Times (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 27/03/2020
Coronavirus stimulus and disaster plans reveal cruelty of capitalist and political 'reality' | NBC News THINK | 24/03/2020
Nationalise the Airlines | Tribune Magazine (republished to Jacobin Magazine) | 17/03/2020
- Estatizando as companhias aéreas (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 26/03/2020
Jeff Bezos' climate change philanthropy has quite a few (hidden) strings attached | NBC News THINK (republished to euronews) | 27/02/2020
A Canadian Green New Deal is Alberta’s Best Hope for the Future | Canadian Dimension | 04/02/2020
The 2020s Must Be the Decade of the Green New Deal | OneZero | 04/02/2020
Snowmageddon has come and gone. Let's hope metro St. John's learns the right lessons | CBC NL | 26/01/2020
Elon Musk Is Planning for Climate Apocalypse | Jacobin Magazine | 12/01/2020

2019

Jeff Bezos and His Billionaire Space Fantasy | Jacobin Magazine | 14/12/2019
Uber Has Always Been a Criminal Organization | Jacobin Magazine (republished to The Wire) | 08/12/2019
- A Uber sempre foi uma empresa criminosa (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 02/01/2020
- Il costo umano di Uber (Italian) | Jacobin Italia | 28/12/2019
Elon Musk's Cybertruck is built for a dystopian future. But will it work in our current reality? | NBC News THINK | 03/12/2019
Jeff Bezos’s Vision of the Future Is Basically Blade Runner | Jacobin Magazine (republished to The Wire) | 27/11/2019
Self-Driving Cars Will Be a Disaster for Our Environment, Our Health, and Our Privacy | OneZero | 26/11/2019
- Vehículos autónomos: un desastre para nuestro medio ambiente, salud y privacidad (Latin American Spanish) | Laguna Negra | 06/01/2022
Toxic Workplaces Are Driving Video Game Developers to Unionize | OneZero | 12/11/2019
From micro-mobility to macro-exigency | Flaunt Magazine | 02/11/2019 (Issue 167 - September 2019)
WeWork and Uber's struggles show how venture capital-backed-tech giants fail workers | NBC News THINK | 31/10/2019
Aaron Bastani’s ‘luxury communism’ is a false future | Canadian Dimension | 29/10/2019
Want lower cell phone bills? Make wireless networks a public utility | Ricochet | 20/10/2019
Break Up the Media Giants | OneZero | 17/10/2019
#DeleteUber for Good | Jacobin Magazine | 11/10/2019
Bernie Sanders' climate change plan is radical and expensive — which is why it could work | NBC News THINK | 21/09/2019
Apple Event 2019 unveils the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro — but a strategy pivot is underway | NBC News THINK | 10/09/2019
Silicon Valley Is Bringing Back Racist Redlining | OneZero | 27/08/2019
Self-Driving Trucks Won’t Kill Millions of Jobs | OneZero | 19/08/2019
Uber's second quarter losses another red flag for the 'Amazon of transportation' | NBC News THINK | 14/08/2019
Bernie Sanders and Republicans have a very different understanding of what 'freedom' means | NBC News THINK | 31/07/2019
Privately Owned Scooter Companies Don’t Have a Future | Jacobin Magazine | 29/07/2019
- Private E-Scooter-Firmen haben keine Zukunft (German) | Bewegung für den Sozialismus | 09/08/2019
- Não há futuro para as empresas privadas de patinetes (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 05/08/2019
We Don’t Need Space Colonies, and We Definitely Don’t Need Jeff Bezos | Jacobin Magazine | 20/07/2019
- Po co nam kolonie na Księżycu? A po co nam Jeff Bezos? (Polish) | Krytyka Polityczna | 10/09/2019
Streaming forever changed the music business. Are video games next? | NBC News THINK (republished to euronews) | 21/06/2019
Liberal concessions on the environment leave the Greens and NDP battling for climate-motivated voters | CBC | 17/06/2019
Jeff Bezos’ ‘O’Neill colony’ dreams ignore the plight of millions living on Earth now | NBC News THINK | 15/05/2019
Canada can learn from Australia’s carbon pricing mistakes | CBC | 01/05/2019
Uber is convenient for city commuters – but bad for cities | NBC News THINK (republished to euronews) | 25/04/2019
Should Pickering airport be built? No. | Toronto Star | 23/04/2019
Self-Driving Cars Are Out. Micromobility Is In. | Medium (Featured) | 14/01/2019

2018

New Apple stores want to become ‘town squares.’ But is combining public and private spaces a good idea? | NBC News THINK (republished to euronews) | 28/12/2018
Elon Musk says electric scooters lack dignity, but truly sustainable mobility will require more than Tesla | NBC News THINK | 26/11/2018
Apple’s pricey new iPhones like the XS and XS Max highlight Tim Cook’s shift in strategy | NBC News THINK | 30/10/2018
Elon Musk’s Twitter meltdowns are symptoms of a much bigger problem for Tesla | NBC News THINK | 24/10/2018
Uber’s Massive Data Play | Medium (Featured) | 20/09/2018
I travelled to 37 countries and 6 continents, all with a single carry-on | CBC NL | 16/09/2018
Apple’s Product Line Is a Mess | Medium (Featured) | 13/09/2018
What Does It Mean to be Radical? | Medium (Featured) | 06/09/2018
Self-Driving Cars Are Not the Future | Medium (Featured) | 09/08/2018
The Backlash Against Apple’s ‘Town Squares’ | Medium (Featured) | 26/07/2018
Digital Nomads Are Not the Future | Medium (Featured) | 19/07/2018
Elected Officials, Please Stop Drinking Silicon Valley’s Kool-Aid | Medium (Featured) | 12/07/2018
The responsibilities travelers have to the places they visit | Matador Network | 21/03/2018
The rise of budget airlines may be great for travelers, but at the cost of the environment | Matador Network | 13/03/2018
China’s high-speed train map puts US transportation to shame | Matador Network | 28/02/2018
Elon Musk is Not the Future | Jacobin Magazine (republished to The Wire) | 16/02/2018
- Elon Musk no es el futuro (Latin American Spanish) | Laguna Negra | 30/06/2021
- Elon Musk não é o futuro (Brazilian Portuguese) | Jacobin Brasil | 26/07/2020
- Elon Musk ist nicht die Zukunft (German) | Ada Magazin | 07/06/2018
- Elon Musk fait fausse route (French) | Usbek & Rica | 18/03/2018
- Tesla, Elon Musk e a crença miserável na tecnologia (Brazilian Portuguese) | Outras Palavras | 06/03/2018

2017

How movies and TV shows are inspiring more people to travel | Matador Network | 05/12/2017
Uber’s Goal is Not to Operate Alongside Public Transit but to Replace It | The Bold Italic | 02/11/2017
Which is the better country for a working holiday: Australia or New Zealand? | Matador Network | 06/10/2017
Amazon’s Second Headquarters May Create Jobs. But It Will Also Drive Inequality and Housing Crises. | The Bold Italic (republished to Salon) | 02/10/2017
The iPhone X Proves How Tim Cook’s Apple Is Embracing the Rich | The Bold Italic | 26/09/2017
Love Your iPhone? Don’t Thank Apple. Thank the US Government. | The Bold Italic (republished to Salon) | 12/09/2017
Attention, Bay Area Liberals: Stop Ignoring How Exploitative the Gig Economy Is | The Bold Italic | 06/09/2017
Subsidizing massive tech companies isn’t paying off for workers | Salon | 04/09/2017
Apple’s $1B Manufacturing Fund Isn’t about Job Creation. It’s All for a Tax Deal. | The Bold Italic | 19/08/2017
Uber’s Days Are Numbered — With or Without Travis Kalanick | The Bold Italic | 11/08/2017
Why Amazon Books Is a Terrible Bookstore | The Bold Italic | 26/07/2017
Jobs Are Being Automated. The Solution? Give Everyone Free Money. | The Bold Italic | 08/06/2017
Silicon Valley’s Outsourcing Addiction | The Bold Italic | 30/05/2017
For All of Elon Musk’s Brilliance, He Can’t Grasp This Fundamental Concept | The Bold Italic | 08/05/2017
Why Silicon Valley Should Get behind Universal Health Care | The Bold Italic | 25/04/2017
If California Adopts Universal Health Care, It Will Be a Model for the Whole Country | The Bold Italic | 05/04/2017
Tech Leaders Plan to Run from the Havoc Caused by Economic Disruption | The Bold Italic | 23/03/2017
How Silicon Valley Decimated the Middle Class and Fueled the Rise of Trump | The Bold Italic | 07/03/2017
Uber’s Auto-Loan Program Is Basically Indentured Servitude | The Bold Italic | 22/02/2017
If You’re Deleting Uber, You Might as Well Delete Lyft Too | The Bold Italic | 15/02/2017
What Australia’s “backpacker tax” means for travelers | Matador Network | 08/02/2017

2016

Why I no longer celebrate Christmas (and prefer to travel instead) | Matador Network | 25/12/2016
How I overcame my fear of hostels | Matador Network | 23/12/2016
Why Uber’s Expansion Plans Would Make City Life Unbearable | The Bold Italic | 01/12/2016
I went to Iran — it’s nothing like what the media portrays | Matador Network | 30/11/2016
Why I refuse to be scared when I travel | Matador Network | 03/11/2016
The gig economy has grown big, fast — and that’s a problem for workers | Recode | 26/10/2016
How the Gig Economy Profits off Desperation | The Bold Italic | 12/10/2016
How I Saved $8,000 in Four Months by Moving Abroad | The Billfold (republished to Matador Network) | 16/09/2016
Want to Solve the Housing Crisis in San Francisco? Reinvest in Public Housing | The Bold Italic | 16/09/2016

2015

Time for Change: A World In Climate Crisis | Victoria University | 01/09/2015
Indie Travel In Egypt for $35 Per Day | BootsnAll Travel Network | 26/02/2015
Why You Should Add The Middle East to Your Big Trip | BootsnAll Travel Network | 15/02/2015

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