March 20, 2025

Category: Pluralistic

Pluralistic: AI can't do your job (18 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025)

Today’s links AI can’t do your job: But an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can’t do your job. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: […]

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Pluralistic: David Enrich's
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Pluralistic: David Enrich’s “Murder the Truth” (17 Mar 2025)

Today’s links David Enrich’s “Murder the Truth”: Making powerful people look bad isn’t a crime – yet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I […]

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Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading: “The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.” Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: […]

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Pluralistic: Firing the refs doesn't end the game (12 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Firing the refs doesn’t end the game (12 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Firing the refs doesn’t end the game: It just means there aren’t any rules. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, […]

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Pluralistic: Eggflation is excuseflation (10 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Eggflation is excuseflation (10 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Eggflation is excuseflation: We don’t have egg companies in the business of making eggs anymore, we have egg companies in the business of exploiting egg shortages. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You […]

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Pluralistic: Gandersauce (08 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Gandersauce (08 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Gandersauce: Disruption for thee, but not for me. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: […]

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Pluralistic: Two weak spots in Big Tech economics (06 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Two weak spots in Big Tech economics (06 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Two weak spots in Big Tech economics: Kick ’em in the dongle. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll […]

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Pluralistic: Brother makes a demon-haunted printer (05 Mar 2025)
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Pluralistic: Brother makes a demon-haunted printer (05 Mar 2025)

Today’s links Brother makes a demon-haunted printer: The internet is a portal to hell. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep […]

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