Pluralistic: The Collective Intelligence Institute (07 Feb 2023)

Today's links

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.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind": Thinking about tactics AND power.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed: A tale of whistleblowers, security through obscurity, and binding arbitration.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation: It takes a lot of motivated reasoning to believe otherwise.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2018, 2022.
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Netflix wants to chop down your family tree: The enshittification cycle comes for your most private domain.
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This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Johnson and Johnson's bankruptcy gambit fails: A key defeat in J&J's War On Vulvas.
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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The real scandal is overclassification: I'd explain it, but I'd have to kill you.
The Australian Chokepoint Capitalism Tour: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra (twice!).
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2021
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Podcasts are hearteningly enshittification resistant: Walled gardens considered harmful (to performers and audiences).
Red Team Blues excerpt: The final adventure of Marty Hench.
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This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
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The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again): Herd immunity is incompatible with shareholder capitalism.
How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters: "Yes, our beaches are the most beautiful, but our leaders are the dirtiest in the world, aren’t they?"
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading