How the Cloud Reshaped the Internet w/ Dwayne Monroe

Paris Marx is joined by Dwayne Monroe to discuss what it’s like to work in a data center, how the cloud came to hold a dominant position, and the consequences of its control by companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

Dwayne Monroe is a cloud technologist and aspiring Marxist theorist of technology, with twenty years of experience architecting large-scale computational systems. Follow Dwayne on Twitter at @cloudquistador.

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. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

• Dwayne wrote about cloud computing • for Logic Magazine. He’s also written about a public cloud • and the metaverse • on his blog. • Amazon’s cloud infrastructure in the eastern United States experienced a major outage • in December 2021. • Residents in various parts of the world have been questioning the logic of building data centers, including in the United States • and New Zealand • . • In July, the network of Canadian telecom giant Rogers went down • , leaving millions without service.

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