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Nobody is talking about the fact that yesterday on the front page of the Wall Street Journal the full facts behind Sam Altman’s firing were revealed, and revealed to be perhaps the most paradigmatic longhouse situation of all time.
Essentially the entire affair boiled down to a feud between Sam and board member Helen... See more
What are changes to platform monetization policies but a form of taxation without representation? What are creators if not a new category of labor, not unlike platform gig workers or factory workers from before, seeking protections for an emerging type of work that had previously never existed?
Katie Parrott • Legitimacy Lost
On Facebook, our basic humanity is reframed as an exploitable viral asset. Our social potential is compressed to our ability to command public attention, which is then made inextricable from economic survival. Instead of fair wages and benefits, we have our personalities and stories and relationships, and we’d better learn to package them well for
... See moreJia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
