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Critical Theorist and Political Economist; writing a book on Venture Capital, Technology, and Society entitled Hypergrowth: A Poltical Economic Theory of Venture Capital https://ucsc.academia.edu/MarkHoward
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Musk today at an AfD rally: “The German people are really an ancient nation which goes back thousand of years… It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything” www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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And so the FTC’s careers page has seemingly been deleted. That didn’t take long. It seems Silicon Valley’s cozying up to the incoming administration is already paying dividends. Prepare yourself for unprecedented monopolization and market manipulation.

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One of my greatest dislikes about being an academic/writer is my ability to come up with perfect sentences (and sometimes even paragraphs) in the shower that I am somehow incapable of writing coherently 5 minutes later. Sigh.

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Oh my. This is how a republic dies. There will no longer be any accountability or consequences for political actors. Even if Biden doesn’t do it, Pandora’s box is now open. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

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Apparently Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI argues that latter violated antitrust law by asking investors not to back competitors. If he wins, this could all but make illegal a basic principle of VC investment: don’t spread your bets; monopoly FTW.

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1/4. Excited to share our new article, "Alternative Archives: Researching Politics with Chunks of Reality". @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @luciavitale.bsky.social @henrymclaughlin.bsky.social @mrshoward.bsky.social #SAGE Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

New open access article on generating insights from social science research failures. Written by myself and several excellent colleagues at UCSC. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Axios reporting a second order boom in nuclear fusion tech investment to support the AI acceleration. No Roko’s basilisk for these VCs. Skynet thanks you.

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We tried to warn. And yet the press “fact checked” anyone who dared to say Trump was going to implement Project 2025—because he said he wouldn’t. Insane.

submitted 112 days ago • 330 comments

Silicon Valley is seizing the levers of power, but we’re here to help you chart a course through the madness. I’m thrilled to announce SYSTEM CRASH, a new podcast I’ll be cohosting with my pal @bcmerchant.bsky.social. Join us as we dissect the tech dystopia. Starts Friday!

submitted 113 days ago • 50 comments

Myself and @garethbryant.bsky.social have been editing the blog @ppesydney.bsky.social for 10 years now addressing the worldliness of critical political economy issues. So here's a thread celebrating its practical and theoretical diversity #HappyBirthdayPPE www.ppesydney.net

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

It’s still not clear to me who’s smarter, Musk or the AI. Guess It depends on whether X’s algorithm drives the man, or the man drives the algorithm.. fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...

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And so OpenAI is set to become the next Google. I wonder if it will take the US DoJ 27 years to figure out it’s a monopoly as well. www.linkedin.com/news/story/o...

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Map of undersea internet cables. Wow.

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