Etiqueta: Capitalism
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Selling fear, garbage islands, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#36)
This week we had some Apple announcements, more pieces on text-2-image models (Stable Diffusion), and a worrying piece on the contamination of seas. Let’s start: Selling the Apocalypse for profit Nice piece that talks about a recent trend on consumer electronics. A few years ago, Apple used to make adds with people dancing in funny…
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Human history, the metaverse, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#43)
Autumn is here (gonna miss the sun for a while now…), but there is a lot of interesting stuff to read while indoors. Let’s start: How did we get stuck? Really nice review about an upcoming book written by David Graeber and David Wengrow, about how societies came to be the way they are now.…
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Empty offices, bazooka trickshots, taxes, and more: The weekly recap (2021#23)
So much cool stuff happening, and so little time… Stop fangirling rich people Rememeber this: big companies just want money, they are not your friends. They are guided ONLY by money, not by moral, ethics, or anything else you can think about. The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid…