Huh.

I think I'm starting to like Doctorow.

"It's such a common misstep that there's a whole genre called 'Falsehoods Programmers Believe About ___' ... [i]n that list: names, time, currency, birthdays, timezones, email addresses, national borders, nations, biometrics, gender, language, alphabets, phone numbers, addresses, systems of measurement, and, of course, families."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/nonbinary-families/#red-envelopes

#netflix #password #CorporateDomination #corporateControl #monitoring #families

"It is worth repeating: the metaverse does not exist in material form. It is a shifting concept, a promise, an illusion, and an amorphous one at that, at least for now. We need not accept Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse or Stephenson’s or anyone else’s, for that matter. Instead let us be as bold as they are, and imagine a future of our very own."

https://daily.jstor.org/who-wants-the-metaverse/

#metaverse #facebook #meta #technology #vr #ar #corporategreed #CorporateDomination #future

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpnYu57/

#BigBusiness #Corporatocracy #CorporateAmerica #MassMedia #ThinkTanks #Lobbyists #Labor #Environment #ChamberOfCommerce #judiciary #Influence #SCOTUS #ChristianNationalism #WomensRights #UniversityResearch #AdvertisingPower #USChamberOfCommerce #ClimateScienceDenial #CorporateDomination #Ownership #LegalFoundations