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Black Lives Matter

The argument may be of limited utility in a legal context, but when I read this it brought to mind the meme image illustrating the concept of “survivorship bias.” The reason the only supposed victim is Microsoft is because they are the one that was big enough to survive.

https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/opening-act-the-stakes-of-the-google

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

Image: Martin Grandjean (vector), McGeddon (picture), Cameron Moll (concept) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102017718

Opening Act: The stakes of the Google trial

Both sides agree the future of the internet is at stake. They disagreed about everything else.

Big Tech on Trial
There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist

But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either

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“@MNateShyamalan A vain prince covets a magical mirror that allows the gods to speak to anyone in the world. Pan tricks him into giving up his whole fortune and true love in exchange for it, but when he gets it all he hears is mocking laughter. He shouts louder and louder into it until he is mad.”

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