Brian Merchant

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"So far in Davos -a room full of billionaires laughed tauntingly at @AOC’s 70% marginal tax prop. -Bill Gates scoffed at notion the system was broken, hinted critics were communists -Tony Blair laughed at idea his cohort was responsible for any global malady Uh, keep it up guys… https://t.co/vaBFZjpc1Q"
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (2023)
For tech CEOs, the dystopia is the point
Fully automated luxury communism
Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You (2015)
Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Their Futures
Opinion: I’ve always loved tech. Now, I’m a Luddite. You should be one, too.
The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job
The End of the Silicon Valley Myth
The Father Of Mobile Computing Is Not Impressed (2017)
The First Scientific Utopia Still Matters 400 Years Later
The New Yorker review of Blood in the Machine hit the front page of Hacker News, the tech crowd is debating luddism, and I am very much here for it
The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone (2017)
The Real Reason Facebook Changed Its Name
This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations