Re: [liberationtech] Shoshanna Zuboff: Dark Google

2014-05-01 Thread hc voigt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 there's a 'reply' by Benjamin Bratton making the rounds on fb: (https://www.facebook.com/benjaminbratton/posts/10152082644097966?stream_ref=10) This piece by Shoshanna Zubof is just bad in multiple dimensions at once. For that it neatly summarizes th

[liberationtech] Shoshanna Zuboff: Dark Google

2014-05-01 Thread Yosem Companys
30.04.2014 Dark Google We witness the rise of a new absolute power. Google transfers its radical politics from cyberspace to reality. It will earn its money by knowing, manipulating, controlling the reality and cutting it into the tiniest pieces. Von SHOSHANA ZUBOFF Recall those fabled frogs ha

[liberationtech] Open Government Guide

2014-05-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Maya Forster I wanted to let you know about some updates to the Open Government Guide ( www.opengovguide.com) developed last year by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, with many organisations' input. It is now available in Spanish http://www.opengovguide.com/?lang=es , and now

[liberationtech] Lecturer in Media Sociology

2014-05-01 Thread Adam Fish
Hi Friends and Colleagues, My department will be hiring a Lecturer in media industries, social media, media activism, political economy of media, global and transnational media, news or documentary media, media production or media theory. Its a great department (ranked #3 in the UK) in the lovely