@natecull that piece by Dr #BrookeMagnanti was insightful in so many ways. I posted one quote from it on the fediverse earlier today. The history of the #InfoMesa is a wonderful example of #DouglasRushkoff's 'Thowing Rocks ...' thesis about VC distorting both technological and economic development. Love that she mentions #BenGoldacre's work, and her discussion of the corrosive effect of "IP" on universities and on openness and colloboration in the sciences is bang on.