The RAM Crisis is Coming for All Your Tech w/ Chris Person
· 56 min · Episode 335 · Explicit
Episode The RAM Crisis is Coming for All Your Tech w/ Chris Person
Public ire toward AI keeps growing as the data center boom continues to hit people’s pockets. Chris Person joins Paris Marx to discuss the soaring cost of consumer electronics, including why prices are unlikely to fall anytime soon, and how people can experiment with homespun cyberpunk tech.
Chris Person is a co-founder of Aftermath and makes Highlight Reel.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.
Also mentioned in this episode:
• You can now pre-order Paris’s new book Hyperscale. • Chris mentioned the BC250, an e-waste machine he’s written about recently. • Chris also wrote a review of the Steam Machine. • Xbox and Apple both announced price hikes this month. • Stock prices for memory companies like SK Hynix are hitting record highs.
Support the show
Links in the notes 10
- https://aftermath.site
- https://www.youtube.com/@HighlightReel
- https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797020/hyperscale-by-paris-marx/
- https://aftermath.site/bc250-steam-machine-budget-computer/
- https://aftermath.site/steam-machine-review-price/
- https://aftermath.site/xbox-price-increase-again-and-again/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/apple-raises-prices-macbooks-ipads-memory-costs-skyrocket-2026-06-25/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-sk-hynix-says-raise-29-bln-us-adr-listing-2026-06-24/
- https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus
Transcript
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