Bits

“It is not necessary to bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old. One of the tools for building the new world has been here all along.” #capitalism #economics #standards https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-anti-capitalist-case-for-standards/

“Over time, technical necessities become conventions, conventions become habits, and habits eventually fade away when they no longer serve a purpose.” #web #internet https://hackaday.com/2025/05/05/what-happened-to-www/

“The invisible hand isn’t invisible because it’s magical; it’s invisible because we’re not supposed to see whose hand it actually is.” #ai #economics https://www.chrbutler.com/we-cannot-talk-about-ai-without-talking-about-capitalism

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/i/160889241/flyover-country #speculativefiction #economics

Film & Video

“Certainly he remembers everything he reads. Not only that, he makes cross references which produce logical conclusions.

Then he has a mind? A human mind?

Well, basically, yes, l suppose he is human. l’m teaching him to think, to reason, to perform. But he’s still a creation,a machine. lf he has any emotional responses, they’re the ones he acquired from me.”

Music & Sound

Monotheism, but in Stereo #itsallinyourhead https://youtu.be/YPzwHGOZ8gI?feature=shared

Politics & Economics

“That myth of cowboy individualism became central to the culture of Republican politics as a way for Republican politicians to convince voters to support the destruction of federal government programs that actually benefited them.” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/heather-cox-richardson-phil-lend-lecture-1.7522817