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Houses should be homes, not gold mines

But that exactly what they become on opaque digital platforms.

DNA + online dating = self segregating castes, faster

A.k.a “The social trends behind my most successful tweet to date”.

Comments to "Whither Peer Production"

“Then Peer Production sat down and wept, because there were not other worlds for her to conquer”

Marriott Hotels, where "sharing" marries...

Do you need a privacy-enhanced hotel room? No problem.

Breaking into the SHARING economy???

I have argued for a while, making concrete examples, that it is really ridiculous, and a sign of incompetence, to call stuff like Uber or AirBnB “sharing economy”. This week one of those examples came true.

UK Labour "closer scrutiny of algorithms" will be useless. If you are lucky

It looks like the UK Labour party will soon call for closer scrutiny of tech firms and their algorithms. If all goes well, it just won’t work, and that will the end of it. Otherwise, it will be really bad.