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On my podcast, I read my @Medium column, "Ideas Lying Around," describing a #TheoryOfChange for unrigging markets, addressing the climate emergency, building worker power and saving news publishers from #BigTech:
doctorow.medium.com/ideas-lying-ar…
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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What is this amazing theory of change, that can do so much to right the world's wrongs? Fittingly, it's the same theory of change that got us into this mess. It's #MiltonFriedman's theory of change.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The Right accuses their critics of the conspiracy they themselves engage in; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/10/ten…
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Inside: The Right accuses their critics of the conspiracy they themselves engage in; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/10/ten…
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The Right accuses their critics of the conspiracy they themselves engage in: Teneo works exactly like their claims about the nonexistent Vast Leftist Conspiracy.
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Hey look at this 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/09/aut…
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Inside: The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/09/aut…
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Today (3/9), I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
Tomorrow (3/10), @rgibli and I kick off @sxsw's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
Tomorrow (3/10), @rgibli and I kick off @sxsw's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble: Someday, we're gonna feel pretty silly about our autocomplete worship.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: End to End; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/07/dis…
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Inside: End to End; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/07/dis…
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Today (3/7) I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWien:
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
End to End: Willing speakers should reach willing listeners.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/06/per…
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Inside: Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/06/per…
#Pluralistic 1/
Tomorrow (3/7) I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWien:
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
Biden set to appoint mass foreclosure cheerleader to the Fed: Janice Eberly provided cover for Tim Geithner's policy of No Banker Left Behind.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pic…
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Inside: Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/04/pic…
#Pluralistic 1/
On 3/7 I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWein:
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off the @SXSW reading series:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2373
On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:
eventbrite.com/e/the-buckman-…
And remote at #UManitoba:
eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e…
On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off the @SXSW reading series:
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP… 2/
Solving the Moderator's Trilemma with Federation: You CAN please all of the people all of the time (sorta).
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/28/kin…
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Inside: VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/28/kin…
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This Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Podcasting "Twiddler"; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/27/kno…
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Inside: Podcasting "Twiddler"; Hey look at this; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/27/kno…
#Pluralistic 1/
This Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
Podcasting "Twiddler": What makes digital platforms so enshittification prone?
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/26/car…
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Inside: Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/26/car…
#Pluralistic 1/
Next Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. In-person and virtual attendance are free:
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
Dow promised to turn sneakers into playground surfaces, then dumped them in Indonesia: Corporate "recycling" programs are just obfuscated landfills.
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#Dow plastered #Singapore with ads for a sneaker #recycling program, promising to turn shoes into playground tracks. But the shoes it collected in "recycling" bins got dumped illegally in #Indonesia. This isn't strange: it's how nearly *all* plastic recycling *always* worked. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Plastic recycling's origin story starts in 1973, when #Exxon's scientists concluded that plastic recycling would never, ever be cost-effective (#ExxonKnew about this, too). 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: This is your brain on fraud apologetics; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/pas…
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Inside: This is your brain on fraud apologetics; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/pas…
#Pluralistic 1/
Next Thu (3/2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. Both in-person and virtual attendance are free:
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (3/3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (3/3), I'll be in #Graz for @ElevateFestival:
elevate.at/diskurs/progra… 2/
This is your brain on fraud apologetics: The curious comfort of victim-blaming.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Fighting the privacy wars, state by state; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/23/sta…
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Inside: Fighting the privacy wars, state by state; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/23/sta…
#Pluralistic 1/
Next Thu (Mar 2) I'm in #Brussels for #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy, with a who's-who of EU and US trustbusters. Both in-person and virtual attendance are free:
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @elevatefestival: 2/
brusselsconference.com/registration
On Fri (Mar 3), I'll be in #Graz for @elevatefestival: 2/
A 2021 #IOS update from #Apple let users opt out of tracking with one click. More than 96% clicked, costing #Facebook $10b in *one year*. The kicker? Even if you opted out, *Apple* *spied* on you, just like Facebook had, to fuel its own targeted ads:
pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/lux… 1/
pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/lux… 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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The fact that Apple - a company that has blanketed the world with anti-surveillance billboards - engaged in deceptive, pervasive surveillance reveals the bankruptcy of "letting the market decide" what privacy protections you should have. 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/21/the…
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Inside: Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/21/the…
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Matt Ruff's "Destroyer of Worlds": A return to "Lovecraft Country."
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#20yrsago Bertelsmann sued over #Napster web.archive.org/web/2003040120…
#15yrsago Random House Audio abandons audiobook #DRM craphound.com/DRMLetter22108…
#15yrsago Collective intelligence spontaneously arises among #ARG players — paper from I Love Bees creator avantgame.com/McGonigal_WhyI… 3/
#15yrsago Random House Audio abandons audiobook #DRM craphound.com/DRMLetter22108…
#15yrsago Collective intelligence spontaneously arises among #ARG players — paper from I Love Bees creator avantgame.com/McGonigal_WhyI… 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/20/tur…
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Inside: Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/20/tur…
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Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU: Why do Americans have to pay Intuit to tell the IRS things it already knows?
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Hey look at this
* A Mathematical Theory of Communication web.archive.org/web/1998071501…
* How to Win at Monopoly and Piss Off Your Friends imgur.com/topic/The_More… (h/t @kottke)
* Crowdsourced land-clearing monitoring acfinvestigates.org.au (h/t Michael Pulsford) 3/
* A Mathematical Theory of Communication web.archive.org/web/1998071501…
* How to Win at Monopoly and Piss Off Your Friends imgur.com/topic/The_More… (h/t @kottke)
* Crowdsourced land-clearing monitoring acfinvestigates.org.au (h/t Michael Pulsford) 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Pluralistic is three; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/dre…
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Inside: Pluralistic is three; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/dre…
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Hey look at this
* 'Landlords Are a Scum Class': Everything I've Learnt About London Renting vice.com/en/article/n7z…
* The Lie That's Destroying the Economy
* What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-i… (h/t Tom Jennings) 3/
* 'Landlords Are a Scum Class': Everything I've Learnt About London Renting vice.com/en/article/n7z…
* The Lie That's Destroying the Economy
* What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-i… (h/t Tom Jennings) 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Google's chatbot panic; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/twe…
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Inside: Google's chatbot panic; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/twe…
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This is the last day (Feb 17) of my #Australian tour for my book #ChokepointCapitalism with my co-author, #rgibli. We'll be in #Canberra at the Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 2/
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 2/
Google's chatbot panic: On the infinite insecurities of a self-styled creative genius who really just buys other people's ideas.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Nathan J. Robinson's "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/14/nat…
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Inside: Nathan J. Robinson's "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/14/nat…
#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're in #Sydney tonight (Feb 15) (more tickets just released) and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17).
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Nathan J. Robinson's "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments": A seriously good look at some seriously bad arguments.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/13/the…
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Inside: Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/13/the…
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This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're in #Melbourne tonight (Feb 14), #Sydney tomorrow (Feb 15) and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
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Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup: You know you're doing something right when...
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/11/din…
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Inside: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/11/din…
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This week (Feb 13-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ tomorrow (13/2). Next are #Melbourne (14/2), #Sydney (15/2) and #Canberra. More tickets released for Sydney!
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chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed: Civil War-era brake systems were good enough for General Sherman...
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…
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Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…
#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra Tickets just released for Sydney!
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chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
Poor people pay higher time tax: The rich truly do get more hours in the day.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/09/ai-…
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Inside: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/09/ai-…
#Pluralistic 1/
I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem: The machine-learning monkey's paw.
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The media spectacle of #GenerativeAI (in which AI companies' breathless claims of their software's sorcerous powers are endlessly repeated) has understandably alarmed many #CreativeWorkers, a group that's already traumatized by extractive abuse by media and tech companies. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Even though the claims about "#AI" are overblown and overhyped, creators are right to be alarmed. Their bosses would like nothing more than to fire them and replace them with pliable software. 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: The Collective Intelligence Institute; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/07/ful…
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Inside: The Collective Intelligence Institute; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/07/ful…
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This week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane today (Feb 8 - in Australia!), and then a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next: #Melbourne, #Sydney & #Canberra.
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chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
The Collective Intelligence Institute: Asking more than 'what technology does' and demanding to know who it does it FOR and who it does it TO.
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