Bits

#psychedelic #cryptography relies on people seeing persistent afterimages/tracers https://qri.org/blog/psycrypto-contest

If history is any guide, control over these raw materials by frontier #AI platforms will eventually lead to the quest for a business model that allows for the extraction of #monopoly rents https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/sites/bartlett_public_purpose/files/algorithmic_attention_rents-_a_theory_of_digital_platform_market_power_final.pdf

“Is this legal? YES- it is totally legal for phones and devices to listen to you. That’s because consumers usually give consent when accepting terms and conditions of software updates or app downloads ..” #surveillance #capitalism https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

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Politics & Economics

I think there are forever-ongoing symbioses between technology and loneliness, technology and community. https://thewalrus.ca/why-we-need-community/