Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveillance business model. But it's rarely put as plainly as this! https://
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Surveillance as loneliness cure: surveillance industry’s central marketing narrative
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Metaverse Profits Concentrate at Technology Stack Control Points
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In the tech industry, profits from the metaverse will likely accumulate across the technology stack at key control points. This is where the most critical competitive dynamics occur. #infographic Source @BainandCompany via @antgrasso #metaverse #BusinessTransformation
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Exploring Sama as a Potential Universal Basic Income Model
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Very interesting! Need to read into it. Haven’t thought of seeing Sama as an UBI
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Major East Asian Investors Launch 100 Million Web3 Fund Dubai
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#Metaverse https://
cryptoslate.com/major-east-asi
an-investors-launch-a-100-million-web3-fund-in-dubai/
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AI Blockchain and Virtual Worlds Converge in Metaverse Future
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#Metaverse https://
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Apple Negotiates AI Deals With News Publishers
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Apple Explores #AI Deals With News Publishers https://
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How Smartphones, Internet, and Books Transformed Global Society
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The way smartphones, the internet, and books have taken over the world.
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AI Workers May Soon Become Superfluous to Development
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People working on AI systems are already their most productive users. It’s not hard to imagine a point within the next year or two where most of the human added value to this process will be superfluous.
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Micron’s High-Bandwidth Memory Poised for AI Growth
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For Micron, 2024’s AI payoff could be very nice The rise of “high-bandwidth memory” as an enabler for “generative artificial intelligence” presages a very strong DRAM market for Micron Technology next year, which could help its shares outperform the broader market. $MU $INTC
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Rising Stakes: AI Investment and Financial Implications
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yep, except now stakes are higher as there's crazy money involved