Must-watch summary of US congress hearing on tech regulation #digitalethics (via TheVerge) technology regulation: too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing Read More 30 Jul 2020
Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game (must read via Stretchery) – is this the end of credit cards? “Thus the federation of trust inherent in Libra, despite the loss of efficiency that entails: by not being in control, and by actively including corporations... Read More 27 Jun 2019
The Real Reason for Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency (must-read by Kevin Werbach, in the NYT) “For all the controversies, Facebook’s profits remain strong and its user numbers remain steady. Yet it has lost something that in the long run is... Read More 22 Jun 2019
Surveillance Capitalism and the Platform Economy is humanly and societally unsustainable, and Facebook will go down with it Read this for context: The brilliant book by Shoshana Zuboff The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Time to break up Facebook (Chris Hughes NYT) Chris... Read More 14 May 2019