Category Archives: techno utopianism

Beware of false friends

Posted on March 2, 2016 by tokugawa98

There’s a website called “Curious Apes” that published an article called “You’ll have to choose sooner than you think: Basic Income or Dystopian Slavery”, which a friend linked on Facebook. It’s an extended argument for the Basic Income Guarantee that … Continue reading →

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From faulty premises

Posted on January 19, 2015 by tokugawa98

I assume that Vinod Khosla is a smart man. According to the byline under his recent Forbes piece titled “The Next Technology Revolution Will Drive Abundance And Income Disparity” notes that Vinod Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems and is the founder … Continue reading →

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Of the idiocy of turning algorithms into law

Posted on August 21, 2014 by tokugawa98

Lambert is writing at Naked Capitalism about Algorithmic Regulation, “Code is Law,” and the Case of Ferguson. It’s a good deconstruction and should definitely be read but I had my facepalm-moment at the start of the piece when he quotes … Continue reading →

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Not the robots are coming for your jobs but the capitalists (but what else is new?)

Posted on January 26, 2014 by tokugawa98

The Economist posted a piece called “The future of jobs: The onrushing wave”, and Naked Capitalism cross-posted a comment from MacroBusiness – uncommented. Which is a shame because coming from The Economist, the original piece is expectedly bullshitty. The main … Continue reading →

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