Finished [[Platform Capitalism]] (audiobook).

• I’ll need to give it another listen, as not all of it went in - listening while distracted.
• But seemed good. A lot more academic than [[Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?]]. The latter was more engaging, but (maybe?) less rigorous. I appreciate this book’s succinctness.
• Some things that stuck out from this listen:
  • It has a good historical overview of where platforms came from and how they came to dominate.
  • It has a useful typology of platforms.
  • Platforms primarily gain their advantages from data.
  • Trying to force platform capitalists to respect privacy is impossible - it’s part of their DNA.
  • Over time platforms try to control the whole stack.
  • Over time, platforms slowly converge to offering the same services.
• There’s a tiny bit at the end on possible ways to counter platform dominance. Very small, but worth noting.

[[Public platforms]].

• It’s all about the [[data]].

• Nature and other dangerous words: Marx, method and the proletarian standpoint in the web of life | Dialectical Anthropology
  • tags: [[Cheap Nature]]. [[Capitalocene]]. [[Ecosocialism]]. [[Jason W. Moore]].

Learned about [[chezmoi]] from [[Flancian]]‘s note about it yesterday.

• Looks good and something that would be handy to me in principle.
• I’m currently keeping my dotfiles just in a git repo.
• However, it also looks like a new thing to learn and set up. So it’ll have to wait for now. But good to know about.
• It looks like people are using it with Termux successfully, so that’s useful.
  • e.g. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/24304

Learned of the existence of the native [[Linux Terminal app for Android]].

• h/t: https://github.com/orgzly-revived/orgzly-android-revived/discussions/562
• However, it don’t believe it will ever be available for my Pixel 5a.
• So I’ll be sticking with [[Termux]].

[[Bookmarked]]:

• Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? | World news | The Guardian
  • tags: [[World War III]]

• What will the new world order look like? Fractures Session 1
  • and https://nextcloud.tni.org/s/XkYotZHmzGXfd2m
  • [[geopolitics]]. [[Imperialism]]. [[China]]. [[United States]].
• WEBINAR: Engineering the Cloud Commons: Tackling Monopoly Control of Critical Digital Infrastructure — Open Markets Institute
  • tags: [[Cloud computing]]. [[Cloud commons]].
• Challenging corporate power | Ethical Consumer
  • tags: [[Corporate power]].
• Where is our clothing made? | Ethical Consumer
  • tags: [[Clothing]]. [[supply chains]].

[[Bookmarked]]:

• The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets | The Verge
  • tags: [[repair]]

We’ve been watching [[Andor]].

• It’s very good.