| Philosophers | Spinoza, Weil, Hobbes, Merleau-Ponty |
| Focus (like, currently) | Political philosophy, philosophy of technology |
@rrj The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine .
Read it once as a student and then later as an engineer. I had a totally different perspective and it felt like a totally different book. Very much enjoyed it both times.
The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
#tech #transport #elonmusk #transportation #hyperloop #trains
“Venture capitalists are not actually interested in developing technology for the betterment of society . . . What they’re interested in is making money off of whatever hype cycle they are going to gin up next.”
I spoke to Jemima Kelly for this FT piece!
https://www.ft.com/content/970cbab3-b3f6-44eb-bed3-f688caf094e8
"Nearly 50 years later, the full story of Letelier’s assassination, one of the most brazen acts of state-sponsored terrorism ever conducted on American soil, is still coming into focus."
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/16/henry-kissinger-assassination-orlando-letelier-chile/
Work with a friendly, international team to help deliver a more equitable and sustainable future for #OpenAccess #OAbooks publishing.
More info on the OBF project:
https://doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.39b2b1ea
Announcement of the launch of Open Book Futures, a 3-year project funded by Arcadia and Research England Development (RED) Fund building on the pioneering work of COPIM.
Last week the SEC sued Binance and Coinbase, launching a legal process that could determine the future of crypto in the United States.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @molly0xfff to dig into why this is the “final boss fight” of the crypto industry and why it’s unlikely they could ever comply with US securities law. It’s a fascinating and very informative episode!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13035732-crypto-s-final-boss-fight-w-molly-white
Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase and what they might mean for the future of the crypto industry. Molly White is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great an...
“There is now a golden opportunity for every scholarly society to implement a Mastodon instance for anyone interested in their field. If the academic community can create a public resource protected from private interests, it could become a model for bringing the remaining scholarly record — encompassing text, data and code — into the Fediverse.”
Allpoints
Paris Marx
COPIM
Michael Bacon
Domingos Faria