The Atlantic
Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Summary · 20+ min · · In the long history of humankind, the emergence of democratic governments may just be a “blip,” writes best-selling Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari in an excerpt from his latest book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. New information technology might tip the balance back in favor of more autocratic regimes. getAbstract recommends Harari’s disturbing and thought-provoking thesis to anyone who favors democracy over autocracy. · Shared by 424, including Esther Schindler, Loubna Rais, ThomNagy, Philip Junker, Yuval Noah Harari, Gabriele, Mark Kaigwa, Christopher Allen, Ines Bieler, adrianoesch, Klaus Eck, Liv 😷, getAbstract, Kaspar Etter, Lelio Simi, Howard Getson, Joan Lockwood, Jane, martha lane fox, Claudia Sommer
The New York Times
The Tyranny of Convenience
2 min · · All the personal tasks in our lives are being made easier. But at what cost? · Shared by 255, including Clemens M. Schuster, Oscar MacDonald, Paulo Gaspar, Francis Wade at JumpLeap, John Zeratsky, Dominik Grolimund, Mark Kaigwa, John ʕ꘠ ͟ʖ꘠ʔ Ford, Pieter van Diggele, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Katja Evertz, Florian Hanke 🍎, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Paddy Zab, Andreia Costa 🇵🇹, Daron Larson, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Neil Lee, Christian P. Stobbe
New York Magazine
America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny
20+ min · · That’s what’s scariest about Donald Trump. · Shared by 220, including Mark Kaigwa, Klaus Eck, 🎆 🌸 Samuel Hulick 🌸 🌄, Maureen, Andrew Sullivan, Graham Marshall, Stowe Boyd, Brad Brooks, Nir Eyal, Martina Bürge, Thomas Euler, Barnaby Skinner, aubrey blanche-sarellano (she/her)
jofreeman.com
The Tyranny of Stuctureless
20+ min · · For everyone to have the opportunity to be involved in a given group and to participate in its activities the structure must be explicit, not implicit. The rules of decision-making must be open and… · Shared by 126, including Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Aniyia ❤️, Eli Pariser | @elipariser@mastodon.social, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, tante, Marc Andreessen -- e/acc, Esther Schindler, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Mark Needham, Balaji, Pat Kua, Christopher Allen, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Russ Cox, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Daniel Mezick, Carl Morris, Thomas Power, Vinny Lingham, Mark Kaigwa
TNW
Watch out Google! Blockchain will set us free from data tyranny
8 min · · Do you know how much data you actually own? You would think it would be a lot, right? We’re constantly feeding the internet with our personal information, traits, habits, and characteristics — so at… · Shared by 100, including Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Education Architects, Helmi, Agustin, Vikram Dutt, Andrzej Jóźwik, Stefan Diepolder
WIRED
The Educational Tyranny of the Neurotypicals
9 min · · The current school system is too rigid, and it’s designed for a different world anyway. · Shared by 78, including Joi Ito, Zachary Becker, Tauno, 🏳️🌈☕Suzannah Is Being Incorrectly Female☕🏳️🌈
The Atlantic
The Tyranny of Simple Explanations
20+ min · · The history of science has been distorted by a longstanding conviction that correct theories about nature are always the most elegant ones. · Shared by 63, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Nir Eyal, John Hagel
Esquire
Dave Karpf On Calling Bret Stephens a 'Bedbug' and Free Speech
4 min · · This, after embarrassing himself on Twitter and on national television. · Shared by 58, including Yvette d’Entremont (@thescibabe.bsky.social), Bjorn Larsen, trudy, Jonathan Eisen, Steve Silberman, Deborah Blum, Chris O'Brien, Jeff Atwood
The New Yorker
The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps
4 min · · The debate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camp” is not about language or facts. It is about how we perceive history, ourselves, and ourselves in history. · Shared by 51, including luis antónio santos, Jane, Carly, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Charles Baldwin, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
SparkToro
The Tyranny of Optimizing for Amplification
3 min · · Every day, when I log into Twitter, open up LinkedIn, read my email, browse Trending or HN or Pocket, I'm in a perpetual statement of harsh, unrelenting · Shared by 48, including Rand Fishkin, Katja Evertz, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Cyrus, Daniel Schwarz, Alberto Dafonte, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social
New York Magazine
The Republic Repeals Itself
8 min · · A country designed to resist tyranny has now embraced it. · Shared by 39, including Jens-Christian Fischer, Michael Robinson, Rico Grimm, Michael Schilliger, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Salon
Historian Timothy Snyder: “It’s pretty much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy
9 min · · Yale historian and author of the new book "On Tyranny" says we may have one year left to save American democracy VIDEO · Shared by 36, including ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Mathew Ingram, Simon Wüthrich, Mark Kaigwa
The New York Times
Opinion | Cars Are Ruining Our Cities
4 min · · That’s why more and more towns are deciding to wrest control of their streets from the tyranny of the automobile. · Shared by 35, including Andrzej Jóźwik, Martina Grolimund
medium.com
The Tyranny of Agile
5 min · · “The tyranny of agile.” Never thought you’d hear me say that, did you? · Shared by 33, including Ryan Boren, Dominik Grolimund, Pat Kua, shishir das, Patrick Walsh
WIRED
A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley's High-Minded Tyranny
6 min · · Published in Ms. magazine, "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" observes that organizations built to avoid hierarchy develop leaders with pernicious power. · Shared by 29, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Anthony Hamelle, Backchannel, Charles Baldwin
The New Yorker
When Tyranny Takes Hold
4 min · · Xu Hongci’s experiences in China show that autocracy demands collaborators. · Shared by 29, including Esther Schindler, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, Serge K. Keller ❦