Notices by titi (titi@quitter.se), page 3

I did it. Quit Facebook. I had many personal reasons, but philosophically, what moved me was Aral Balkan’s critique based on cyborg ontology and theory of surveillance capitalism. This, combined with a vision for decentralized planetary democracy, combined also w/ @Rushkoff's point about it just not being nice to your friends to link them there (like poor hygiene, or knowingly spreading a disease) finally broke my inertia.

This article sums up the argument well: https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ ~ @aral

Alan Kay is still waiting for his dream to come true

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15261691

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology-now

#hackernews

The True American: On Henry David Thoreau

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15259758

Source: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/08/17/henry-david-thoreau-true-american/

#hackernews

"monopolies are a threat to our democracy and to our basic liberties and to our communities"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/5/16243868/google-monopoly-antitrust-open-markets-barry-lynn
like #microsoft

Scholar says #Google criticism cost him job: 'People are waking up to its power' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/31/google-new-america-foundation-criticism-job-barry-lynn