Annalee Newitz 🍜May 2, 2023
Support the WGA strike! This is one of the first strikes (that I know of) to focus on preventing companies from replacing writers with algorithms. Seems like something that newspaper guilds will grapple with soon too. https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike-hub
Strike Hub

Writers are facing the most comprehensive assault on compensation and working conditions that they have seen in a generation. Find out why writers are calling the WGA an existential fight for the future of the profession and get links to all things strike-related here.

Show threadMorten Bay

@annaleen It's pretty wild to think that both the 2007 and 2023 strikes are reactions to technology advances in the industry (online content/streaming in 2007, algos now).

We need to think deeper about our relationship with technology as humans overall, I think. Currently, we are dealing with all challenges piecemeal instead of being guided by ethical visions of where we should go.

May 2, 2023 at 9:40pmWeb