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1. Social media is a corrupt and dangerous business model. TikTok is a great illustration, a global platform organized by Chinese Communist Party censors. The problem is the *business model.* washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
2. Right now people 'pay' for social media and information utilities by subjecting themselves to manipulation, surveillance, addiction, and censorship. Because there's no monetary cost, users over-consume without noticing.
3. Google, Facebook, Snap, TikTok, etc -- all rely on tricking users into thinking the communications platform is free. It isn't. We should stop this ridiculous model and just have communications platforms charge money for services. nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opi…
4. In the meantime, ban TikTok from the U.S. This isn't hard. At the very least, the U.S. Army should not, say, spend money recruiting soldiers on TikTok, thus giving a Chinese platform direct visibility into human resource strategies. Wait. Shoot. about.bgov.com/news/whats-you…
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1. Fast Company published an excerpt from Goliath on how Bill Gates gained his fortune. It's not pretty. Said one Gates supplier/customer anonymously: “A partnership with Microsoft is like a Nazi non-aggression pact. It just means you’re next.”

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2. Contrary to myth, Gates didn't succeed because he was a genius programmer. In 1980, IBM was afraid of an antitrust suit, so it gave power to outside suppliers in its new 'personal computer,' suppliers like Intel and Microsoft. And protected both of them.
3. Gates got his start fighting against idealistic personal computer hobbyists, demanding they stop sharing software so he could commercialize it. There's a reason he is Mark Zuckerberg's mentor.
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1. Let's talk about the real dynamic in 2020, which is not @ewarren versus other candidates but @ewarren versus billionaires. This isn't a question of which politician governs, but whether we have a private government or a public government.
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1. Yup, this. The important part of Warren's plan is the cost-sharing Medicare portion. Of course, that's not really about Medicare for All, it's about addressing corruption among providers. My concern over Medicare for All is as follows. The government is broken.
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