Did @doctorow.pluralistic.net 's books 'Enshittification'and 'Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI' reveal a new world to me? Nah. Did they expand, dispell, reinforce, embarrass, and in other ways alter notions I held, rather than merely entertain them? Yeh. Very much so! Big recommend 👍

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You need to read this: I thought how can Amazon control pricing outside Amazon? Here’s how. Oh, and why hotel prices are so ludicrously expensive.

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@doctorow.pluralistic.net Just finished reading “Reverse Centaur.” Yep. A thought: businesses considering replacing workers w/AI will be trading non-union labor for unified ‘staffing’ rented from one of what? Seven companies? Do they realize going AI will be like bringing in a mafia-run union?

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My sub-300-character summary + links of Consumer Reports peer-reviewed study recommendations - what the likes of us can do: 1. Add an extension to our browsers (Privacy Badger): privacybadger.org 2. Add an ad blocker (uBlock Origin): chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ubloc... (I've tested neither)

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Can we get a Tinder for doctors already? The way it would work is that we would each write up a profile. Patients swipe right if they want to give a doctor a chance, and doctors swipe right if they think they know how to help you.

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