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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The Faustian bargain of the digital age—free or cheap digital conveniences in exchange for our data—was only ever explained to us after it was already a done deal. And it represents an enormous and radical shift not only in how we live but also, far more importantly, in what our lives are for. We are all mine sites now, data mine sites, and despite
... See moreNaomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Niemals waren die Vorgaben durch die Tradition oder die Moral so gering – und niemals war die Unsicherheit darüber so groß, wie wir leben sollen.
Jörg Ahlbrecht • Die Wahrheit in Person: Jesus folgen in unsicheren Zeiten (Edition Aufatmen) (German Edition)
Un mois plus tard, Julian Assange est coincé pour viol présumé de deux Suédoises. C’est l’ouverture du tir aux pigeons. Après l’avoir adulé, la presse le pilonne. Sa chute explique l’époque et l’homme. Elle me fascine plus que sa gloire. Julian Assange cherche et capte la lumière comme personne. Quelque chose cloche. Icare n’a pas les moyens de ses
... See moreFlore Vasseur • Ce qu'il reste de nos rêves (LITTERATURE (NO) (French Edition)
All across our culture, you’ll find people eager to abandon the fundamental task of our lives, fostering and maintaining human connection, so that they can fall deeper into a pit of hedonistic distraction forever. You send an email a large language model wrote for you to spare yourself a minute of mental activity at the end of a long day working
... See morefreddiedeboer.substack.com • You Are You. We Live Here. This Is Now.
National Geographic Out of Eden Walk
outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.orgIn an indictment brought by the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, the US Department of Justice charged Sam with various crimes and then allowed him to post $250 million bond as bail. Sam hadn’t posted $250 million. Sam’s parents had posted their home and assumed the risk that he would jump bail—in which case they would, in
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
À Battery Park chaque samedi après-midi, je dégustais la tribune hebdomadaire du professeur Lessig. Jeune avocat spécialiste de droit d’auteur, il était la caution morale de l’Internet. Son étoile du Berger. En pleine extase capitaliste, il s’acharnait dans le rôle du rabat-joie de service. Dès 1997, dans un article ravageur « Code is law », il
... See moreFlore Vasseur • Ce qu'il reste de nos rêves (LITTERATURE (NO) (French Edition)
Yet that vision of smallness is under the auspices and control of Airbnb, following the template the company has set and the conditions that it profits under. Smallness implies homogeneity and a move toward uniformity, most likely under a Western default, under the ideology of the tech industry. The trade-off that Chesky implied was that the more
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