“How we need to remake the internet,” by Jaron Lanier
In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge — but even then, this vision was haunted by the dark side of how it could turn out: with personal devices that control our lives, monitor our data and feed us stimuli. (Sound familiar?)
In this visionary talk, Lanier reflects on a “globally tragic, astoundingly ridiculous mistake” companies like Google and Facebook made at the foundation of digital culture — and how we can undo it. “We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it’s financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them,” he says.
Store Closings: What went wrong on the High Street in 2018? – BBC News
What went wrong on the High Street in 2018?
By Emma Simpson – Business correspondent, BBC News
The last 12 months have seen a string of High Street names go out of business. But what made 2018 such a bad year for retailers?
“I absolutely loved my job at Poundworld. It was like a family – we all got on, and we all stepped in if somebody couldn’t do a shift.”
Jenny Evans had been working for seven years as a part-time sales assistant when she heard the news on the radio in June that her company had collapsed. Continue reading →
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