RAMistice Day ft. Paris Marx

From Ten Thousand Posts by Ten Thousand Posts

June 9, 2026 · 11 min · Episode 466

About this episode

Hussein talks to Paris Marx about the global hardware shortage and its impact on electronic device prices and internet infrastructure.

This is a preview episode. To listen to the full episode, subscribe for as little as $5 a month at www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast . ----more---- This week, Hussein talks to writer, author and tech critic Paris Marx about how the global shortage of hardware has led to a surge in prices of most electronic devices, and have also made them worse in quality. They also talk about how this has led to the worsening of existing internet infrastructure, especially search, where the pursuit of AI at all costs has made search engines near impossible to use, while also making tech companies more reliant on owning and storing your data. Read and subscribe to Disconnect: https://disconnect.blog/Listen to Tech Won't Save Us: https://techwontsave.us/ Pre Order Paris' new book, Hyperscale : The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires : https://bookshop.org/p/books/hyperscale-the-ambition-and-excess-of-big-tech-s-data-empires-paris-marx/bef8c026f7d016e2?ean=9798217048526&next=t&next=t&affiliate=18331 PALESTINE AID LINKS -You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate…

People in this episode

Host: Hussein

Guest: Paris Marx

Topics covered

global hardware shortage
electronic device prices
internet infrastructure
AI impact on search engines
data ownership

Keywords

hardware shortage
electronic devices
internet infrastructure
AI
data ownership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disconnect, Tech Won't Save Us, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Save the Children, Palestinian Communist Youth Union, Water is Life

Products: Hyperscale : The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires