Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain.
Our world is replete with problems, calling out for repair and change. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have solutions at the ready – tech fixes and innovations that they claim will make a difference. Sasha Lilley speaks with scholar Julie Guthman about the problem with such solutions, and the mindset that has permeated institutions of higher learning which reward the development of such fixes over critical thinking and systemic change. Julie Guthman is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz and is author of The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can’t Hack the Future of Food, UC Press, 2024. This segment originally aired on Against the Grain on August 28 2024.
Against the Grain is a weekly radio show hosted and produced by Sasha Lilley and C.S Soong on KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkley, California. It’s a program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on political, economic, social, and cultural issues important to radical thinking and activism.
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