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Book(s) Review: "Technopoly" and "You Are Not a Gadget"

posted by on Monday May 08 2017, @06:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the beep-beep-i-am-a-gadget dept.

pnkwarhall writes:

I read a couple of good books recently, and wanted to share them and do some writing to collect my thoughts on a subject that is currently of news-worthy relevance and of particular interest to "Soylentils". Enjoy, and I look forward to the discussion!

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday May 08 2017, @11:43AM (2 children)

    by VLM (445) on Monday May 08 2017, @11:43AM (#506294)

    The catch is that the bar for what constitute a mechanical Turk is constantly becoming higher.

    My coworkers who were involved in the "drinking while turking" game claim its harder now. I'm not sure if thats the traditional nostalgia for the good old days or marketplace supply/demand dynamics or the marketplace for dumb stuff drying up.

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday May 08 2017, @12:10PM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday May 08 2017, @12:10PM (#506305) Journal

    My coworkers who were involved in the "drinking while turking" game claim its harder now.

    That reminds me of another set of technologies that changed the world: Brewing, wine fermentation and distilling.

    Actually there's a theory that humans didn't start doing agriculture for food. Rather they started agriculture for beer.

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    • (Score: 1) by pnkwarhall on Monday May 08 2017, @04:11PM

      by pnkwarhall (4558) on Monday May 08 2017, @04:11PM (#506411)

      >started agriculture for beer

      I can believe it!

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