(image) This past week saw a significant increase in society’s willingness to have a deeper conversation about what it means to Become Data. The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may well supplant the Betamax case in import. And the FCC stepped in it, big time, while pals at O’Reilly opinined for a world where the Internet of Things remains open and transparent. Not to mention, my own ramblings on what it means to truly disappear, and why Google does what it does. To the links….
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Goodbye, Net Neutrality; Hello, Net Discrimination : The New Yorker
The FCC sure as hell stepped in it last week. Let’s see if they clean off their shoe, or just keep smelling like shit.
Meanwhile, we’re quite uneasy with whether our Supremes can grok the complexities of….Barry Diller’s business moves.
Google, Facebook Fight for Tech’s Future via Acquisitions – Businessweek
Come on, if you told me five years ago the cutting edge of competition was … drones….well. Anyway. It is.
Science Fiction: Mining My Own Exhaust – Monday Note
Yes, we make a lot of data. And yes, it’s time we started to see that fact as more than an oppressive unknown. It may well become a springboard to surprise and delight.
The revolving door between Google and the Department of Defense – PandoDaily
This might scare you. Or you might realize that it’s pretty damn normal in the rest of the industrial world, and will be here as well.
Toward an open Internet of Things – O’Reilly Radar
Please, let’s not make this next phase of our industry suck. Please?
How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other – WIRED
A bit overstated, but…there’s a point there. Given the right circumstance, we have always trusted each other, it’s just now we have a stronger and more dependable network that allows us to make those bonds of trust quickly and productively.
The Next Vegas Will Be A City That Lets You Truly Disappear – If Only For A While – Searchblog
If cities become high-density surveillance sites, then we’ll need cities where we can escape it all.
Louis C.K. Is America’s Undisputed King of Comedy – GQ
I’ve always loved his work, which is one beat away from losing it entirely. But his take on tech is worth listening to: “phones are taking away the ability to just sit there. That’s being a person. Because underneath everything in your life there is that forever-empty thing…that knowledge that it’s all for nothing and you’re alone…. The thing is, because we don’t want that first bit of sad, we push it away with a little phone or a jack-off…. You never feel completely sad or completely happy, just kinda satisfied with your product, and then you die.”
Google+ Won (Or Why Google Never Needed A Social Network) -Searchblog
I know, two pieces in one week? But this needed to be said.
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