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Tag: human factors

Pluralistic: 12 Apr 2021


Today's links

  • Fraud-resistant election-tech: A "transparent" ballot-marking device.
  • Big Tech's secret weapon is switching costs, not network effects: Mr Zuckerberg, tear down that wall.
  • Podcasting How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Part 2.
  • This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 12, 2021April 13, 2021Categories UncategorizedTags ballot marking devices, bmds, elections, human factors, interoperability, network costs, scholarship, switching costs, voting machines1 Comment on Pluralistic: 12 Apr 2021

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