Pluralistic: Come see me on tour; How America's oligarchs lull us with the be-your-own-boss fairy tale (16 Feb 2024)

Today's links

How America's oligarchs lull us with the be-your-own-boss fairy tale: Temporarily embarrassed millionaires aren't born, they're made.
Come see me on tour!: LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary, Phoenix, Portland, Providence, Boston, New York City, Toronto, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Chicago, Amherst, Torino, Tartu.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

What kind of bubble is AI?: My latest column for Locus Magazine.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble: Someday, we're gonna feel pretty silly about our autocomplete worship.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Imagining the end of capitalism: TINA, TAPAS, and Ministry for the Future.
Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death: YA space opera that is thoroughly modern and crackling with adventure.
Right-Clicker-Mentality: Bezzlers coin a phrase to describe the anti-bezzle.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Criti-Hype: Tech bros will settle for "evil genius."
Right to Repair is back for 2021: Will Apple sabotage this one too?
The free market and rent-seeking: Unauthorized bread and poor doors.
This day in history: 2011, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Ad-tech as a bubble overdue for a bursting: Upton Sinclair was an optimist.
The largest strike in human history: The Shock Doctrine's breaking-point.
Soviet computing graveyard: Recovering a Saratov-2 from presumed extinction.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Squeeze Me: Carl Hiaasen's Trump-as-Florida-man masterpiece.
The Internet is for End-Users: IETF on "user agents."
Ad-tech is a bubble: Subprime Attention Crisis.
Schools! Libraries! Classrooms! Get free Attack Surface hardcovers: An imperfect solution to a thorny problem.
Facebook's living will: Leaks reveal the company's idiotic plans to stave off breakup.
Part 17 of Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town: This week on the podcast: a murder most foul.
Seeking home call-center workers: Propublica wants your story.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading