yep. and so helpful when a bit stuck.
cool to have a library of books that I use when I write good job past me
(this piece is v v germane to the closed and tiny circuit of people participating in the AI regulation conversation)
“The lines demarcating the technological + the political cannot be drawn by those forever confined to think within the technological paradigm; one needs to exit the paradigm to get a glimpse of both alternative explanations and the political costs of framing the issue through the lens of technology”
“Silicon Valley’s bullshit empire is impervious to critique” (2015) thebaffler.com/salvos/tamin...
BOOK REVIEWED The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, by Nicholas Carr, W. W. Norton, $26.95 What does it mean to be a technology critic in today’s America? And what can technology criticism accomplish?
excellent / reckon you’ll really enjoy it :)
I’m so excited for you to hear episode 2 of Data Vampires! This week we go to Ireland, Spain, and Chile to learn about the impacts hyperscale data centers have on communities (or whole countries!) and how people have been trying to fight them. Don’t miss it!
readings watchings listenings on Voltaire if you have any please !