>"Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get _...Read More_

After a long legal battle with a number of organizations, the Waorani people successfully protected half a million acres of their ancestral territory in the Amazon rainforest from being mined for oil drilling by huge oil corporations. The _...Read More_

"The potential disparity between the value of personal data and what users receive in return creates space for governments to seek reimbursement on society’s behalf." -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg, "This Is the Best Way to Tax Google and _...Read More_

“Harry Brignull, a user-experience consultant, has created a website listing 11 dark pattern types to watch out for. A “roach motel” is when the design makes it simple to sign up but hard to cancel (for example, a subscription); “disguised _...Read More_

Interesting proposal to emphasize data ownership and compensate users for their data. This is something Jaron Lanier has been arguing for also. But I’m skeptical this can lead to practical changes or actual money in people’s pockets. We _...Read More_

many parallels in this from david turner's 'penny fractions' newsletter a couple weeks ago (about spotify, but many of the issues arising are v similar): "Spotify isn’t a music company, Spotify isn’t a tech company, Spotify is an _...Read More_

"The report, published last week, investigates how 13 jurisdictions that had used, were using, or planned to implement predictive policing systems were feeding these systems data sullied by “unconstitutional and racially biased stops, _...Read More_

"These days, if you use a smartphone or a credit card, it’s not difficult for a company to determine if you’ve just gone through a break-up, if you’re pregnant or trying to lose weight, whether you’re an extrovert, what medicine you take, _...Read More_

"You cannot comprehend the level of inequality in our current world or even just our nation, but we choose to continue to live like this."

Beware of the big bad wolf in sheep's clothing

It turns out, the Higgs Boson packs a punch if it looses it’s cool. The energy released from destabilizing just a single particle is enough to end time and matter. Good thing it’s a stable little bugger. Make sure to get your reservation _...Read More_

Snitches get Stitches "At first blush, it seems Geek Squad is providing a public service by helping the bureau capture suspects trafficking in child pornography. However, the arrangement—law enforcement paying retail employees to riffle _...Read More_

"Instead of trying to enforce stability or conformity with a big stick and a good dose of top-down fear, the government is attempting to make obedience feel like gaming. It is a method of social control dressed up in some points-reward _...Read More_

Some "Big data" analysis: 37% of Pornhub’s viewers of gay-male porn are women. _...Read More_

Gross insight into how big corporations plan to profit from 'social' payment processing feeds [#advertising](/relevant/new/advertising) [#bigdata](/relevant/new/bigdata) #networkedeconomies