Pest or cholera – do you prefer EA or e/acc?
There’s a German figure of speech, pest or cholera? It’s the equivalent to the English phrase between a rock and a hard place but isn’t this just so…
Tag: politics
Platform Politics
Platforms — the big tech, social media type of platforms — have come to be a central battleground for how we work out public opinion. Which also means:…
The X marks the exit (bye Twitter)
So I think I’ll be leaving Twitter (now “X”) shortly. I won’t regale you with a long rant on why you should do the same. In fact, absolutely…
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Emotional Algos & the Failure of Capitalism [Connection Problem]
Note: This is cross-posted from my newsletter in an attempt to both to make it easier to read this via RSS feed and to have this in my…
Two threat models for algorithmic decision-making systems
There are two major threat models to consider when discussing algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM) — which I’ll get to in a moment. The other day, when I spoke to…
A first glimpse at the new German government roadmap
Germany has a new governing coalition—and with this 3 party combination of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens (B90/Grüne) and Liberals (FDP), it’s a first. I was skeptical about the…
S07E15 of Connection Problem: A New Chapter of Big Tech Antitrust
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