Capitalism is a trap - and you...


Apropos of which, if we consider the non-exclusive #IP rights we all have to the information we collectively have created globally, its abuse by the big #AI players using our data to train its AI models, for their exclusive profit, is reminiscent of that historical crime when powerful individuals enclosed large tracts of common land, converting common grazing rights into private property rights.
#AI #Google #Alphabet
#Musk #OpenAI #TechBros
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mgk1/the-interview-decisionmakers-sundar-pichai-running-the-google-empire
Ist Kollektiveigentum zum Scheitern verurteilt? - Stimmt es, dass ...? | ARTE
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/123890-004-A/ist-kollektiveigentum-zum-scheitern-verurteilt/
"Der verbreitete Gedanke, dass Kollektiveigentum zum Scheitern verurteilt ist, hat sich fest in den Köpfen der Menschen verankert. Aber stimmt das überhaupt?"
#Eigentum vs #Commons / #Gemeingüter / #Allmende & #TragikDerAllmende / #TragedyOfTheCommons vs #GoverningTheCommons nach
#ElinorOstrom (erste Frau die 2009 den Alfred-Nobel-Gedächtnispreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften erhielt)

Der verbreitete Gedanke, dass Kollektiveigentum zum Scheitern verurteilt ist, hat sich fest in den Köpfen der Menschen verankert. Aber stimmt das überhaupt? Wir begeben uns auf die Spuren der Gemeingüter: vom europäischen Mittelalter bis heute, zu den Maya in Mittelamerika und hinein in eine hochpolitische akademische Debatte.
@AAKL @TheSeattleTimes they need a taxation reset that should have gone hand in hand with their offshoring.
AI profits -- if there really were any-- need to shore up health insurance costs at a higher rate than real employees. #HealthCareCosts
Data Center power needs also have no business cranking up my power bill. #TragedyOfTheCommons
#CryptoScams
Morning, all,
#CERN and Tim Berners-Lee gave the #WWW to the world for free, to encourage and enable co-operation.
And yet private capital has, to a large extent, hijacked it. It's the #TragedyOfTheCommons all over again...
Worse still, an evil mastermind, Al GorIthms, is using it to addict and enslave this and future generations.
Instead of bombing boats in the Caribbean that may (or may not) be carrying drugs, shouldn't we be arresting the corporate Tech Bros?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"There are video tutorials available online on how to break into Lime e-bikes. When someone manages to bypass their lock and ride around for free, it emits a continuous beep, beep, beep sound"
#lowLevelCrime #ebike #tragedyOfTheCommons #ExploitingPublicInfrastructure #lime #escooter #hackneyBirdsong
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/20/stolen-lime-bikes-sound-of-summer-city-london