Wie #ElonMusk mit viel Glück und wenig Können zu einem der mächtigsten Männer der Welt wurde und warum seine Radikalisierung bezeichnend für die ganze Branche ist, verrät uns @parismarx (#techwontsaveus).
Es lohnt sich auf so viele Arten nicht: Was uns Elon Musk nicht üner das Leben auf dem Mars erzählt. Ein spannendes Gespräch über all die technischen, finanziellen, biologischen und moralischen Probleme, die Raumfahrt zum reinen Marketingstunt für die Firmen der Oligarchen macht:
Just when I think I've plumbed the depths of David Seymour's cluelessness, he responds to the NewsHub announcement by saying he'll save them by making TVNZ pay a dividend to Treasury again. This is the publicly-owned TV broadcaster that lost NZ$17 million in the first half of last year. Even Winston, who railed against the "mainstream" media through the election campaign, thinks that's dopey. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/focusonpolitics/audio/2018928273/when-no-news-is-bad-news
Under foreverism, nothing can ever die. Franchises need to go on forever to maximize corporate profits and political ideas drawing on the past define our discourse.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Grafton Tanner to discuss the consequences of companies and politicians leveraging nostalgia for their own gain.
After a long day with service windows and many hours in the noisy server hall, I got a pleasant surprise by finding a letter, yes a letter, with #TechWontSaveUs#stickers in the letter box, thanks @parismarx
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
"There is an underlying assumption that each of us aspires to be as productive as possible, and that stripping away everything seen to interfere with productivity is a good thing."
The solution to #Substack isn't to switch to another capitalist. The solution is to cajole all your software developer or tech savvy friends into making it super dead simple to self-host your own blog using #Ghost or any number of good-enough self-hosting blogging platforms.
OR
You can run an existing Fedi-compatible blogging suite for you and several (but < 50) of your friends — making sure at least two work in tech and have a vested interest in the site staying up.
My software developer and tech savvy cohort, unite! Unite in a public service mindset and "expert in service of community" as described by Dan Hind in the #TechWontSaveUs interview hosted by @parismarx
The "expert in service …" part is first mentioned at ~11:11 though Dan was building up to a point when he finally says it, so rewind a bit if you want more context (or listen to the entire episode, it's on of my favorites and informs my current calling as a programmer).
The news media is in crisis, but is the internet really the root of the problem and will forcing platforms to give publishers some money fix it?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @victorpickard about how the commercial model so much media relies on is failing journalists and the public, and how just blaming the internet distracts us from real solutions.
Over the past few years, Spotify spent big to try to take over podcasting. Now it’s shutting down shows, laying off workers, and disappearing well-known brands. What happened?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Eric Silver about Spotify’s big plan to enclose podcasts so it could get more data and diversify away from music. Needless to say, it didn’t work.
We’re over a year into this cycle of AI hype, but how does the real impact of the technology compare to what tech CEOs have spent all their time warning us about?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @timnitGebru about how they distracted us from the real problems with AI to shape regulation and serve themselves.