Tech Won't Save Us

How Data Is Changing Air Travel w/ Amanda Mull

Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the data-informed decisions that are changing the way we all experience air travel, mostly for the worse. Amanda Mull is a senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus">Patreon</a>. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry. Also mentioned in this episode:Amanda wrote about the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-21/why-airlines-investing-in-premium-seats-affects-all-travelers">changing flying experience</a> for Bloomberg and the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/airport-lounges-access-chase-amex/678206/">big investments being made in airport lounges</a> for The Atlantic.Legacy airlines are <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/delta-and-united-undercut-budget-airlines-with-cheap-flights">taking budget customers</a> with the ultracheap fares.In the US, budget airlines are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/frontier-first-class-seats-premium-customers-low-cost-airlines-2024-12">beginning to offer premium seats</a> and other amenities to attract more premium customers.<a href="https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus" rel="payment">Support the show</a>

Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.