{"id":3674,"date":"2025-05-11T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:12:23","slug":"href-weekly-may-5-may-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3674","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | May 5 \u2013 May 11 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“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<\/a> #economics<\/a> #standards<\/a> https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/the-anti-capitalist-case-for-standards\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

“The invisible hand isn\u2019t invisible because it\u2019s magical; it\u2019s invisible because we\u2019re not supposed to see whose hand it actually is.” #ai<\/a> #economics<\/a> https:\/\/www.chrbutler.com\/we-cannot-talk-about-ai-without-talking-about-capitalism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bloodinthemachine.com\/i\/160889241\/flyover-country<\/a> #speculativefiction<\/a> #economics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film & Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Certainly he remembers everything he reads. Not only that, he makes cross references which produce logical conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he has a mind? A human mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Certainly he remembers everything he reads. Not only that, he makes cross references which produce logical conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he has a mind? A human mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-outer-limits-s02e09-i-robot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Music & Sound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monotheism, but in Stereo #itsallinyourhead<\/a> https:\/\/youtu.be\/YPzwHGOZ8gI?feature=shared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politics & Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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