Picked up two books about digital technology, infrastructure, and power from Green Apple Books today: Platform Socialism by James Muldoon and Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang. Both were in a tiny area called “Books about computers” in the Computer Book section. Both challenge us to imagine alternatives to platforms.
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“In order for us to challenge surveillance, we will have to move beyond corporate, profit-driven platforms that track us and monetize our data, but more importantly we will have to combat our own fears and illusions of safety.”
Wang, 2020, p.166