Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/
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On Wed (Nov 16), I'm in DC to receive the Arthur C Clarke Award:
https://www.clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-event/
On Nov 17, I'm doing a webinar for Library Futures:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q6p4qpFVRi6BFLsawaCgdA
On Nov 18, I'm in Baltimore at the Peale Museum:
https://www.thepeale.org/event/book-talk-chokepoint-capitalism/
On Nov 19, I'm at Sky Live in London:
https://news.sky.com/bigideaslive
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Hey #DC! There's gonna be a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Thu (Nov 17); it's going to be a gathering of a lot of DC trustbuster types and while it's not *technically* a public event, there are a limited number of free spaces that the organizers have asked me to distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come and you're free on the night of the 17th, email [email protected] and I'll get you an invite!
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Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product: Incentives matter, but impunity matters more.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109340820820401618
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Attached: 1 image There's something oddly comforting about the idea that "if you're not paying for the product, you're the product," namely, the corollary: "If you can afford to pay for a product, you won't be the product." But it's bullshit. Companies don't make you the product because you don't pay - they make you the product because you can't stop them. 1/
Hey look at this
* Universal Benefits Cost Less Than Means-Tested Benefits https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/11/11/universal-benefits-cost-less-than-means-tested-benefits/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Peasants storm the castle: Medieval Times workers in Buena Park vote 27 to 18 to unionize https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-10/medieval-times-workers-in-buena-park-vote-27-18-to-unionize (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* Crypto nerd Sam Bankman-Fried, who just lost $16 billion, “would never read a book.” https://lithub.com/crypto-nerd-sam-bankman-fried-who-just-lost-16-billion-would-never-read-a-book/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)
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#20yrsago HG Wells, ripoff artist https://www.salon.com/2002/11/07/mckillip/
#15yrsago Kremlin uses software piracy laws to shut down dissident media outlets https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302070_pf.html
#15yrsago 1.8 million pages of US federal case law to go online for free https://public.resource.org/case_law_announcement.html
#15yrsago Japanese “melody roads” play tunes as you drive over them https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/13/japan.gadgets
#15yrsago Rewired: Post-Cyberpunk Anthology shows how sf has changed since the Mirroshades era https://memex.craphound.com/2007/11/14/rewired-post-cyberpunk-anthology-shows-how-sf-has-changed-since-the-mirroshades-era/
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#15yrsago I Want Sandy – perfect productivity email bot is free and public https://web.archive.org/web/20071114041755/http://www.iwantsandy.com/
#10yrago Gerrymandering in North Carolina: win https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/republicans-gerrymandering-house-representatives-election-chart/
#10yrsago Campaign to opt out of pornoscanners & video TSA checkpoints at Thanksgiving https://web.archive.org/web/20121117015505/https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336517
#10yrsago World’s oldest hacker radio show under threat https://web.archive.org/web/20121116063758/https://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12291
#5yrsago Step-by-step guide to locking down your Facebook account https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-lock-down-facebook-privacy-settings/
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#5yrsago What it takes to actually stop a determined, vengeful cyberstalker https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-womans-digital-life-was-weaponized-against-her/
#5yrsago Verizon is finally killing Compuserve Forums https://www.fastcompany.com/40495831/compuserves-forums-which-still-exist-are-finally-shutting-down
#5yrsago Congressional Republican candor: everyone hates our tax plan except the CEOs we depend on for campaign millions https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/11/the-gop-has-done-the-impossible-make-tax-cuts-unpopular.html
#1yrago Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than it does on TVs themselves https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/14/still-the-product/#vizio
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Yesterday's threads: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109336338702670323
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Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/13/graceful-failure/ #Pluralistic 1/
My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068
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a book about why creative labor markets are rigged - and how to unrig them Competition is supposed to be fundamental to capitalism. Over the last four decades though, greedy robber barons have worked out how to lock in customers and suppliers, eliminate competitors, and shake down everyone for more than their fair share. This…
My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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