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Robert Wright predicted one of its most important consequences. In his essay “Voice of America,” which appeared in the September 13, 1993, issue of the magazine the New Republic, Wright reported on his forays into Usenet, a set of online discussion groups
Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
I gave a talk in 2018 on the incompatibility of technological progress and privacy at the @Stacks conference in Berlin. Since then the advancements in AI have made this argument ever more relevant. The talk is short (15 minutes)
His farewell to a species turning from animal into data.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The Last Humanist: Nicholas Carr on What the Digital Age Can't Replace
Erik J Larsonerikjlarson.substack.com
The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan
hannemyr.comAdd it all up, and the social web is changing in three crucial ways: It’s going from public to private; it’s shifting from growth and engagement, which broadly involves building good products that people like, to increasing revenue no matter the tradeoff; and it’s turning into an entertainment business. It turns out there’s no money in connecting p... See more
David Pierce • So Where Are We All Supposed to Go Now?
The grand move from fixity to flows can be starkly illustrated in the status of books. Books began as authoritative fixed masterpieces.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
In the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election, these attitudes radically shifted. For different reasons, both sides of the political spectrum began to immensely distrust the platform monopolies. The algorithmically curated streams that had once seemed so futuristic suddenly became Orwellian. Today, it’s not only acceptable to move more of your... See more