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: […]
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 […]
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: […]
Pluralistic: The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers (13 Mar 2025)
Today’s links The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers: It’s here, it’s just not evenly distributed. 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. […]
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, […]
Pluralistic: Daniel Pinkwater’s “Jules, Penny and the Rooster” (11 Mar 2025)
Today’s links Daniel Pinkwater’s “Jules, Penny and the Rooster”: Klong! We are ALL pickles. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]