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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.

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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Hey look at this

* After 20 years I'm allowed to change the images BRIEFLY. And only once!! qwantz.com/index.php?comi… (h/t @Slashdot)

* We come to bury #ChatGPT, not to praise it danmcquillan.org/chatgpt.html (h/t JWZ)

* Economic Incentives blog.dshr.org/2023/02/econom… 4/

#20yrsago @RudyTheElder reviews @GreatDismal wired.com/2003/02/logoma…

#5yrsago Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/… 5/

#5yrsago Trump wants to cap lifetime #Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer’s mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-… 6/

#5yrsago #Oklahoma schools go on 4-day weeks so teachers can work at Walmart on Mondays to make rent economist.com/united-states/… 7/

#5yrsago 25 years ago, a mutant American crayfish turned to asexual reproduction, and all of Europe’s lakes are filling up with its clones nytimes.com/2018/02/05/sci… 8/

#5yrsago California State Senator wants to remake cities with midrises near public transit, but he is facing a wave of #nimbyism extranewsfeed.com/my-transit-den… 9/

#5yrsago Facebook hired a pollster to track Zuck’s public image, but he quit because working for Facebook filled him with shame theverge.com/2018/2/6/16976…

#5yrsago RIP John Perry @Barlow, 1947-2018 memex.craphound.com/2018/02/07/rip… 10/

#5yrsago The myth of the “genius creator” requires that we ignore the people they build on, or insist they don’t matter web.archive.org/web/2018022215… 11/

Yesterday's threads: Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind"; and more!

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 13/

My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 14/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/ 15/

Upcoming appearances:

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 17/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 18/

Recent appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@ucl_ibil):


* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…

* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 19/

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