Pluralistic: Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself" (06 Feb 2024)

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Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself": The dictionary definition of malicious compliance.
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Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024)

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How I got scammed: And why AI will make it worse.
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Pluralistic: Worker misclassification is a competition issue (02 Feb 2024)

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Worker misclassification is a competition issue: Corrupt employers created a market for lemons.
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Pluralistic: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses (31 Jan 2024)

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Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses: A little bit of nonsensewatching for a Wednesday.
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Pluralistic: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification (30 Jan 2024)

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My McLuhan lecture on enshittification: Live from Berlin.
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Pluralistic: I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine (29 Jan 2024)

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I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine: The Mechanical Turk would like to have a word with all of us.
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Pluralistic: Solar is a market for (financial) lemons (27 Jan 2024)

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Solar is a market for (financial) lemons: Our Slow AIs have an alignment problem.
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Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024)

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The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs: "Self-regulation is to regulation as self-importance is to importance."
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Pluralistic: Tabs give me superpowers (25 Jan 2024)

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Tabs give me superpowers: Lifehacks are good, actually.
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Pluralistic: How lock-in hurts design (24 Jan 2024)

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How lock-in hurts design: Felonizing the desire path.
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