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b'We\\u2019re joined by Dan Greene, author of an excellent new book, The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope. Dan\\u2019s work provides a deep analysis of how public institutions like libraries and schools are being transformed in the image of startups \\u2014 pivoting away from the communities and missions they ought to serve \\u2014 and the decades of punitive neoliberal reforms that brought us here. We deconstruct noxious policy slogans like \\u201clearn to code\\u201d and \\u201cdigital divide,\\u201d and discuss why leftists must pay attention to the radical politics \\u2014 both actual and potential \\u2014 of libraries.\\n \\nGrab Dan\\u2019s book: mitpress.mit.edu/books/promise-access\\nFollow Dan: twitter.com/Greene_DM \\n \\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nTMK shirts are now available: bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'