technology
Blockchain for the people? A progressive perspective on the technology
July 19, 2021The libertarian and anarchist political aspects of blockchain technology are basically “baggage” brought into it by people with their own agendas and have nothing to do with the technology itself.
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‘Predictive policing’ is a techno-tool of white supremacy
April 30, 2021Predictive policing is based on the idea that data (say, high levels of unemployment, racism, poverty, and poor education) can predict crime.
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New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters
April 16, 2021Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.
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Tesla’s Elon Musk joins lengthening list of labor law-breaking moguls
April 5, 2021Tesla Motors and more particularly, its owner, Elon Musk, have joined the ever-lengthening list of rich corporate moguls breaking labor law.
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Social media, Trump, and the question of the First Amendment
January 14, 2021There is no constitutional right to tweet.
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