Tiny Pieces

Sunset …

Testing Craig McLennan's Post to Micro.blog

With thanks to micro.blog/craigmccl…

RIP Ric Ocasek …

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Have moved to calexicoandironandwine.bandcamp.com/album/yea…

Currently listening: jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/album/sin…

Saw Rocketman over the weekend; brought back a whole lot of memories. When I got home immediately dug out all my old Elton John vinyl … currently working my way through it :)

🎶 Current jam: Skulls; Röyksopp 🎶

A New Variant of Capitalism

“This power to shape behaviour for others’ profit or power is entirely self-authorising. It has no foundation in democratic or moral legitimacy, as it usurps decision rights and erodes the processes of individual autonomy that are essential to the function of a democratic society. The message here is simple: Once I was mine. Now I am theirs.”

@shoshanazuboff on surveillance capitalism: www.theguardian.com/technolog…

Zuboff likens us to the Caribbean inhabitants who welcomed the Conquistadors, oblivious to the approaching dangers to life and lifestyle … Have Google and Facebook conquered society by declaration?

Where are the case studies and lessons learned in blockchain development? merltech.org/blockchai…

Sydney Harbour

Dirtbag dog …