Silicon Valley is Breaking Everything

<p>Is Silicon Valley actually making progress, or are they just breaking the world for profit? </p><p><strong>Support my independent journalism: </strong></p><p><strong>🙏 Patreon:</strong> ⁠<a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz"><u>https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz</u></a>     ⁠ </p><p><strong>🗞️ Buy a paid subscription to my Substack: </strong>⁠<a href="https://www.usermag.co"><u>https://www.usermag.co</u></a>     ⁠ </p><p>In this episode of Free Speech Friday, I’m joined by legal scholar and surveillance expert Albert Fox Cahn to dismantle the &quot;Move Fast and Break Things&quot; ethos that has dominated tech for a decade. From the multibillion-dollar failure of the Metaverse to the &quot;innovation theater&quot; of the Apple Vision Pro, we explore why the most hyped technologies are often the most disastrous.</p><p>We dive deep into the dark side of home security, revealing how Ring cameras have turned from safety tools into a massive surveillance network for law enforcement, sometimes even recording your most private moments without a warrant. </p><p>We also tackle the &quot;AI bubble,&quot; the myth of police body cameras, and why the &quot;boring&quot; analog solutions are often the safest bet for our future. </p><p>Albert is the founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) and the author of the new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation.</p><p><br /></p>