“At its worst, #ArtificialIntelligence could become an accomplice to the #corporation in the marginalization and #commodification of #humanity.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered our #Economy and Threaten Our Future #Prosperit#AI

I’m #reading The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered the #Economy and Threaten Our #Future #Propserity by #TimWu
#books #BookSky #platforms

2 “But the #human #desire to avoid unnecessary pain and inconvenience is its own force of no less significance. It may be the strongest force out there.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction

2 “That’s why the real challenge for #humanity is to design an #economic #future that works for most people, rather than just assuming that future will arrive one day.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered our #Economy and Threaten Our Future #Prosperity

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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when […]

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#timwu #worldcreativityandinnovationday #worldcreativityday #worldinnovationday #innovation #creativity #creativityday #innonvationday #monopolies #monopoly #ATT #BellLabs

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#TimWu (2018) – La commodité [de confort] est la force la plus sous-estimée et la moins comprise dans le monde d’aujourd’hui. En tant que moteur des décisions humaines, elle n’offre pas le frisson coupable des désirs sexuels inconscients, ni l’élégance mathématique des incitations de […]

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#TimWu: "…more important than #thedeal itself is the approach. It hints at a new era in economic policy for the United States that is centered on a paramount leader (Mr. #Trump) actively picking winners and losers. To be sure, the federal government, usually by way of Congress, has previously […]

Opinion | Trump’s Economy Looks Like Command Capitalism (Gift Article) The TikTok controversy reveals how administration seems intent on managing the economy.

"It hints at a new era in economic policy for the US that is centered on a paramount leader (Mr. #Trump) actively picking winners and losers… the centralization of policy in the president would be something different: might be called #commandcapitalism." #TimWu

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...

La tyrannie de la commodité (par Tim Wu) - Greenwashing Economy Traduction d’un texte essentiel sur la notion de commodité, de confort, publié en 2018 par le juriste américain Tim Wu dans le New York Times[1]. Les organisations (institutions étatiques, think tanks, ONG, associations, etc.) et influenceurs de la mouvance éco-capitaliste ne remettent aucunement en question le confort moderne. Le pouvoir ne remettra évidemment jamais en […]

Tim Wu : La tyrannie de la commodité (traduction française)

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#TyranieDeLaCommodité #TimWu #Capitalisme

The more I read from them the more I believe that the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet was its discovery by Law Professors I wonder what Henry V would have thought about airline regulation? The NetChoice Decision Shows the First Amendment Is Out of Control The reasoning in the decision in the NetChoice cases marks a ne…

The more I read from them the more I believe that the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet was its discovery by Law Professors
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