Once you understand the tech giants are capturing unguarded human experience, their business makes sense.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Robocall Deluge Is a Case of Government Failure
Why those calls on your phone are more than a nuisance
Posted inTAP
Remind Me, Why Does Amazon Get to Own Everything?
Good for New York, especially for New York’s unions, for making it clear that the town was not for sale. But everything else seems to be. I admit that I patronize Whole Foods, now owned by Amazon. There’s one in my neighborhood, and if you shop carefully and also go to the supermarket, it needn’t […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Building Worker Solidarity Across Borders
An American company is busting a call center workers’ union in the Philippines, so the U.S. union of call center workers is helping them out.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
FCC’s Proposed Lifeline Restructuring Only Exacerbates the Digital Divide
At a House hearing regarding expanding broadband internet access across the country on July 25, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that closing the “digital divide” was a “top priority” during his tenure as chairman. If that’s the case, then he certainly has a surprising approach to doing so. In November 2017, the Republican-dominated […]
