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Renewing American Purpose
Renewing American Purpose
Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment
·americanmind.org·
Renewing American Purpose
Archiving a Way
Archiving a Way
My father, Allen H. Searls, was an archivist. Not a formal one, but good in the vernacular, at least when it came to one of the most consequential things he did in his life: helping build the Georg…
·doc.searls.com·
Archiving a Way
The Rot-Com Bubble
The Rot-Com Bubble
If you enjoy this post, why not subscribe to my podcast Better Offline? This week's a two parter that further expands on the Rot-Com Bubble, coming out Wednesday and Friday. The noxious growth-at-all-costs mindset of the Rot Economy sits at the core of every issue that I've ever written about.
·wheresyoured.at·
The Rot-Com Bubble
Ray Kurzweil: AI Is Not Going to Kill You, But Ignoring It Might
Ray Kurzweil: AI Is Not Going to Kill You, But Ignoring It Might
We talk to the famed futurist about his new book, 'The Singularity is Nearer,' and why he's doubling down on his prediction that humans will merge with machines by 2045.
·pcmag.com·
Ray Kurzweil: AI Is Not Going to Kill You, But Ignoring It Might
Capitalism by @jado - Notado
Capitalism by @jado - Notado
Thoughts on how capitalism intersects with work, art, technology, urban planning, life and love from around the internet - Notado: Content-first bookmarking
·notado.app·
Capitalism by @jado - Notado
Loops by Pixelfed
Loops by Pixelfed
Loops, explore and share short videos on the fediverse. Available soon!
·loops.video·
Loops by Pixelfed
You Can't Trust Amazon When It Feels Threatened
You Can't Trust Amazon When It Feels Threatened
Last week, someone behind the @AmazonNews Twitter account took a fistful of pills, washed them down with a handle of Old Grand-Dad, and started tweeting.
·lastweekinaws.com·
You Can't Trust Amazon When It Feels Threatened
Credit As an Enclosed Commons
Credit As an Enclosed Commons
Kevin Carson Credit As an Enclosed Commons 2020 Originally published on 23 March 2020 (Part I) and 1 September 2020 (Part II).
·theanarchistlibrary.org·
Credit As an Enclosed Commons
Root & Branch - Erin Kissane's small internet website
Root & Branch - Erin Kissane's small internet website
Who should do the heavy, tricky, fraught work of making and keeping our networks good? How should they work? To whom should they be accountable, and how can “accountability” be redeemed from its dissipated state and turned into something with both teeth and discretion?
·erinkissane.com·
Root & Branch - Erin Kissane's small internet website
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Bellingcat is the world’s biggest citizen-run intelligence agency, investigating everything from the 2014 shoot-down of MH17 to the various plots to kill Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. The person behind it all? Eliot Higgins.
·wired.com·
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Why Tokyo Works | Culture | Metropolis Japan
Why Tokyo Works | Culture | Metropolis Japan
Understanding what makes Tokyo so special is noticing the aspects of Tokyo’s urban design that make the city so easy to be in.
·metropolisjapan.com·
Why Tokyo Works | Culture | Metropolis Japan
Everyone Into The Grinder
Everyone Into The Grinder
It is good to make powerful people participate in public systems.
·hamiltonnolan.com·
Everyone Into The Grinder
Should Employees Be Paid? Why People Think It's Time
Should Employees Be Paid? Why People Think It's Time
In a recent salary-focused poll conducted by researchers at The University of Wisconsin–Madison, 75% of respondents indicated that, yes, they think employees should be paid. While a majority of respondents were pro paying employees, the poll was still met with mixed reactions, with some indi
·reductress.com·
Should Employees Be Paid? Why People Think It's Time
The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age
The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age
A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured — and changed — the world since 1955.
·nytimes.com·
The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age
Why Johnny Can’t Build
Why Johnny Can’t Build
Rebuilding American infrastructure requires a focus on common sense ways to address common needs through a new political consensus.
·americanmind.org·
Why Johnny Can’t Build
Death Of A Programmer. Life Of A Farmer.
Death Of A Programmer. Life Of A Farmer.
Every person has their own idea of the things that keep them alive, and conversely, the things that slowly drain their lives away. Finding…
·medium.com·
Death Of A Programmer. Life Of A Farmer.
From Blogging to AI: This is the future of media
From Blogging to AI: This is the future of media
Fable Studio, a San Francisco-based startup that gained fame for demonstrating the ability to create an episode of South Park with a brief prompt, is making headlines …
·om.co·
From Blogging to AI: This is the future of media
Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic
Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic
The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car's exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren't bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse.
·caranddriver.com·
Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic
The Age of Recoupment
The Age of Recoupment
How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers
·prospect.org·
The Age of Recoupment