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.”
“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