The much-revered billionaire of PayPal, electric car, and rocket company fame is having quite a time of it. I figured he was doing great after the recent successes of his rocket launches–especially the giant spectacle made of littering an entire fucking car into the solar system…
Category: Technology
Book: Live Work Work Work Die by Corey Pein
Book Pre-Review*: Live Work Work Work Die – A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley by Corey Pein … More
Ars Technicast: Bradford DeLong
Jobs, AI, taxes, Facebook and democracy all factor into DeLong’s historically rich explanation of where we’re at. He sounds smart.
The Power and Vision
From the very beginning, Amazon (aka the Bezos) was focused and determined on turning a weird computer-based bookseller into a … More
NYT on #NetNeutrality
Here’s another story from the New York Times on the new FCC chairman making moves to dismantle net neutrality. It … More
FCC Ends Subsidized Internet for the Poor
The Washington Post reports that the FCC has begun to dismantle a federal program that offers a subsidy to poor people for broadband internet service.
Net Neutrality
It doesn’t take much imagination to believe that the future of a free and open internet will be in jeopardy … More
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY, GLENN GREENWALD EXPLAINS
There may not be an obvious connection between total surveillance and the economic justice issues I try to explain (and … More
United States Supreme Co. Inc., – Aereo Update (Death to Aereo)
In an unstunning (I called it!) development this week the United States Supreme Court ruled in ABC v. Aereo that Aereo’s … More
