Pluralistic: What kind of bubble is AI? (19 Dec 2023)

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What kind of bubble is AI?: My latest column for Locus Magazine.
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Pluralistic: Amazon is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023)

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Amazon is a ripoff: New Amazon paradox just dropped.
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Pluralistic: Big Tech's "attention rents" (03 Nov 2023)

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Big Tech's "attention rents": Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm.
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Pluralistic: The impoverished imagination of neoliberal climate "solutions" (31 Oct 2023)

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The impoverished imagination of neoliberal climate "solutions": "All of the above" is a highly selective proposition.
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Pluralistic: Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?" (28 Sep 2023)

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Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?": Socialism or barbarism.
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Pluralistic: Venture predation (19 May 2023)

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Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!
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Pluralistic: Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models (04 Apr 2023)

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Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models: We could have nice things, but computer says no.
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Pluralistic: Why the Fed wants to crush workers (19 Jan 2023)

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Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.
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Pluralistic: Care Inflation (18 Jan 2023)

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Care Inflation: The inflation no one wants to talk about.
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Pluralistic: This "inflation" is different (14 Dec 2022)

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This "inflation" is different: New Stiglitz just dropped.
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