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Hidden Unpersuaders: How we mistook the digital giants for all-powerful manipulators
The twin threats of “hidden persuasion” and artificial intelligence have now convinced most of us that Google and its ilk are almost uniquely powerful. These threats are overrated. The digital giants can do less than we fear – and we … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Critique, Economics and public policy, Information, IT and Internet, Media, regulation, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Facebook, Google, social media
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Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links
News Corp is telling us what Google should really pay for linking to its sites. It’s telling us in code – HTML code. And the answer is … $0.00. What is an Internet link worth? For most of the Internet’s … Continue reading
The iron law of business-as-usual: What is it and can we escape it?
Here’s a presentation to the annual Communities in Control conference run by the amazing outfit Our Community established in the 1990s by Denis Moriarty who had previously been a Deputy Secretary in the Victorian bureaucracy. (If you prefer audio, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Information, Isegoria
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How others are organising the Covistance: ideas for those who want to help.
How are we going to escape the authoritarian nightmare and regain our liberties and zest for life? This long read is written for organisers of new Covistance initiatives, explaining the logic of what others have done and what could further … Continue reading
Covid and the lessons of the Dreyfus affair
One can tell many stories of how current times resemble some earlier historical period. The conflict between nationalism and internationalism, as personified by the controversies surrounding Brexit and Trump, has been seen as somewhat of a re-run of the conflict … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Education, Films and TV, History, Humour, Information, Life, Social
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Evaluation is not a thing
An earlier version of this piece was published last week on the Mandarin. Because the idea I have called “the Evaluator General” is several ideas knitted together to try to resolve a number of dilemmas, it comes with numerous implications … Continue reading