Pile ‘o links #1

I use OneTab to move all my open tabs into a single list on a Web page. But then that gets unwieldy too. So now I’m moving a bunch over here. Although it’s a sloooow process inside WordPress’ composition window (or whatever this is called). So I’ll stop trying to edit this page and start working on the next one.

You Didn’t Notice It, But Google Fiber Just Began the Golden Age of High Speed Internet Access, by Susan Crawford in @Medium’s Backchannel. The optimistic view on Googles deal with Huntsville Alabama to do Google Fiber on the city’s own glass.
What Money Can Buy – The New Yorker
What is blockchain? – Business Insider. Has some useful visuals.
How the Blockchain Can Change the Music Industry (Part 2) — Cuepoint — Medium
From shoe repair to digital identity — putting online on the High Street — The Internet of Me — Medium
A New Manifesto for the Tech Industry — Medium
Is Google Fiber (Finally) Changing the Broadband Game ? | diffraction analysis
The growth rate of FTTH/B subscriptions should continue to increase at an annual average rate of 10% until 2019
Shoshana Zuboff: Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism. A learned, deep and depressing take on Where We Are Now. Fortunately we’re on the case.
Why Trump? by George Lakoff. George has studied the shit out of where each of our political preferences come from, and he puts it to work here.
The rise of American authoritarianism – Vox. Also about Trump.
Flyover Country on the App Store. A fabulous app I can’t wait to try on my next trip studying geology at 500 mph at 38,000 feet.
FCC Just Making A Bad Thing Worse | Doc Searls in Radio Ink. A comment they liked so much that they turned it into a stand-alone post. It’s about how all attempts to “revitalize” AM radio are worse than wasted in an age when digital live streams, on-demand and podcasts are the obvious future. Bonus link.
Adblock Plus and (a little) more: Acceptable Ads explained: monetization
The New York Times Might Ban Visitors Who Use Ad Blockers | Adweek
NY Times recommends ad blockers after CEO mulls ad-block ban | Ars Technica
The Ad Blocking Wars – The New York Times
Why People Block Ads
Discussion of a user/publisher optimized web advertising system – Google Docs
Data is a toxic asset, so why not throw it out? – CNN.com
The Trichordist | Artists For An Ethical and Sustainable Internet #StopArtistExploitation
Personal data empowerment: Time for a fairer data deal – Citizens Advice
First, design for data sharing : Nature Biotechnology : Nature Publishing Group
Big Data, Trust and ‘You as The Product’ | A Customer & Brand Strategy Blog
Is Digital The Answer To AM Radio Interference? | Radio Ink
Publishers Asked to Pay Up for Distributed Platform Tracking | Digital – AdAge
The Trumping Of Adblock Plus 03/03/2016
The Onlife Manifesto – Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era | Luciano Floridi – Academia.edu
How Tech is Killing Off Independent Pizzerias | Aaron D. Allen | LinkedIn
Introducing the Futurist Hall of Fame | Thomas Frey | LinkedIn
Louis C.K.’s Warning About Donald Trump – The Atlantic
Giving Silos Their Due | Linux Journal
The Cluetrain Manifesto (1999) | Hacker News
Louis C.K. on Trump: "The guy is Hitler. And by that I mean we are being Germany in the 30s." – Vox
From shoe repair to digital identity — putting online on the High Street — The Internet of Me — Medium
Is technology making the world indecipherable? — Aeo…
Our Economy Is Obsessed with Efficiency and Terrible at Everything Else
The Forthcoming–Behavioral–Economics of Abundance
UK consumes far less than a decade ago – ‘peak stuff’ or something else? | Business | The Guardian
Is technology making the world indecipherable — Aeo…
The car century was a mistake. It’s time to move on. – The Washington Post
March 2016’s shocking global warming temperature record.
Republican Party in suicidal tailspin over Donald Trump’s unstoppable rise
Half of the Earth must be preserved for nature conse…
GBG: world leaders in identity data intelligence – GBG UK
When Fallacies Collide – The New York Times
The Case of the Woman With the Severed Child’s Head – The New York Times
IAB Creates Guide For Publishers To Combat Ad Blocking | Digital – AdAge



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