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Favoriting May 11, 2020: Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"

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Tonight: Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"


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Also from David in London, a textual compilation of movie and book recommendations made by you, listeners, on last week's comment board.

About Jathan Sadowski:

• Website: jathansadowski.com

• Book: Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World

• Twitter: @jathansadowski

Tech news:

Tim Bray's resignation letter from Amazon (April 29)

Brad Porter's response, as "Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon." (May 5)

Senators Want to Know if Amazon Retaliated Against Whistle-Blowers (NYT, May 7)

Criminal investigation of Amazon for possible perjury (Representative Cicilline, May 1)

Criminal investigation of Amazon in the Senate for "predatory and exclusionary data practices" (April 28)

Sidewalk Labs pulling out of Quayside project (The Star, May 7)

Google Sibling Abandons Ambitious City of the Future in Toronto (NYT, May 7)

New York Gov. Cuomo just tapped former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to help invent a more tech-focused future for the state post-pandemic (Business Insider, May 6)

New York Is Turning Into a Silicon Valley Science Experiment (Vice/Motherboard, May 8)

Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses (Sam Levin in The Guardian, May 7)

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Listener comments!

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listener james from westwood:

Whoa, excellent graph!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:00pm
Handy Haversack:

David in London: A talented guy!

Hi, Mark and all the Techyon particles! Tech Gin: poured! Ready for Techtonic!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:00pm
ultradamno:

Hello Mark! Techtonotherfuckers!

You know, because yesterday was motherfuckers day, I was told.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Handy Haversack:

I had so much trouble finding an appropriate card, ultradamno.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Mark, technoids
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Mark Hurst:

Hi James, Handy, ultra, Phillippe!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Webhamster Henry:

You're all living like a Webhamster, hunkering in their little hamster den.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Into the Technolocker!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Nice, DiL
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chris:

hi, Mark and folks. David in London, whoa! winning the data visualization game. niiiice.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Bas NL:

Hi Mark and Techtonicaldataloids!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

Nice data mining DinL!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Handy Haversack:

OK, Mark, Kate and I will figure out a way to record what I e-mailed you earlier. I would prefer not to take an Incomplete on the assignment!
  6:07pm
queems:

hello mark hurst & all!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
David (in London):

Hi Mark and all in the Techno-Gang.
  6:08pm
P-90:

“Technotherfuckers”...? Dang.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
chris:

Bray's letter is marvelous.
  6:09pm
queems:

totally forgot about the movie request because i have a goldfish brain
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm
Megaroni:

Thank you Techtonic! Your tech news is much needed truth to be called out!
  6:10pm
queems:

cry me several rivers buddy
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
listener james from westwood:

Re Porter: Hit dogs will holler.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Handy Haversack:

We forgot till this morning, queems -- or remembered stochastically.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
chris:

what color is the sky in Porter's world?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Handy Haversack:

Cash green, @chris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Mark Hurst:

Hi Webham, KfHP, chris, Bas, queems, David in London, P-90, and Megaroni!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Bas NL:

We won't be amazonolated!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
chris:

since Bray acknowledged giving up about a million bucks by quitting, i'd say you're on to something, Handy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
melinda:

hi Mark and everyone!
  6:13pm
queems:

LOL BYE
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melinda:

Good news!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Handy Haversack:

Wow, well done, Toronto!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Mark Hurst:

@melinda hi! yes, good news
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herb.nyc:

send VP Porter to "the Russian front". Hey, "hogan's heros" might be fun to watch while stuck at home.
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herb.nyc:

I'm guilty- I use the NYC kiosks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Mark Hurst:

@chris you got it
  6:15pm
queems:

nah cuomo can gtfo. can’t stand him
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, that's about the Cuomo-est thing possible. Refuse $7B in federal health money so he can dismantle medicaid and the hospitals and then turn it all over to big data. Cuomo all the way down.
Avatar 6:16pm
herb.nyc:

Schmidt to the Russian front too.
  6:17pm
P-90:

“optimize for exploitation”
  6:19pm
JakeGould:

Pretty much every Kraftwerk album was about tech advances in Germany and the world: The autobahn, Trans Europe Express, computers, radioactivity and such.
  6:20pm
JakeGould:

I always have mixed feelings about LinkNYC kiosks and even subway charging stations but without them the homeless would truly be disconnected nowadays.
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Handy Haversack:

It's true, Jake. Free, safe internet seems like a no-brainer as a public utility. That's just not what they built. The city just caved on the contract to save money.
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WR:

What was the name Sadowski mentioned? Landon Winner?
  6:24pm
JakeGould:

“The city just caved on the contract to save money.” More like to make public services a profit center rather than a cost center.
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chris:

Langdon Winner - www.langdonwinner.com
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Handy Haversack:

Well put, Jake.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
David (in London):

An electronic leash that few can escape.
  6:26pm
Ochre Ogre:

Bravo David in London, there's a good chap!
Not certain if it fits but, would expect to see 'Brazil' in the list. Liquid Sky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
Mark Hurst:

The profit center for the city is only part of LinkNYC... we still don't know how much Alphabet (Google) is benefiting from all of the surveillance data they're extracting from New Yorkers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
Mark Hurst:

@Ochre it's a compilation of all the listener recommendations on the comment board during last week's show
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
Handy Haversack:

"Brutally extractive" seems like a reasonable guess at describing how Alphabet is handling it, though, Mark. That homeless people have to use them so extensively is speaking right to Jathan Sadowski's point.
  6:30pm
Ochre Ogre:

Mark thanks, I should have read that
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ultradamno:

The Stuff is a good one. Marketed contagion.
  6:34pm
Ochre Ogre:

My belated recommendation is THE GREAT HACK on Netflix.
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Mark Hurst:

@Ochre that's a good one
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
ultradamno:

But it sounds so reassuring, fulfillment centers, more like a spa than a sprawling, confusing labyrinthine warehouse.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
Mark Hurst:

George Carlin would have had a field day with that one
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:40pm
Handy Haversack:

Mac Maclellan's brilliant and now*eight*-year-old article on conditions in a [not explicitly Amazon but really Amazon] warehouse is still terrifying and relevant -- and probably outdated only in the levels of control exerted over the workers now: www.motherjones.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40pm
melinda:

@ultradamno so true.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
David (in London):

I wonder how many times a week the words "Our people are our greatest strength" are spoken in the 'fulfillment centres'? Until the AIs have passed beta testing.
  6:41pm
Ochre Ogre:

Christian Smalls!! Staten Island Amazon whistle blower.
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duck:

we are for real transitioning into a new system. this part is inevitable. i don't like that this is being planned on our behalf, but what is anyone doing/what can we do other than talk about it, throw a fit and anarchy
Avatar 6:43pm
duck:

we've got all this time on our hands while changes are literally being implemented around us, and we're talking about netflix
  6:43pm
JakeGould:

Folks like that at an executive level have utterly never worked any job anywhere for any reason.
  6:43pm
Dean:

It's time to reread Kevin Robins & Frank Webster's Times of the Technoculture, which appeared in 1999.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Mark Hurst:

@duck nothing inevitable - look at activists in Toronto successfully kicking out Google
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
David (in London):

"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.” - Jeff Goldblum's line from Jurassic Park never gets old.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
Mark Hurst:

@Dean thanks, hadn't heard of that book
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Megaroni:

For this jerk at Amazon to say how dare you to the Vp who quit easily leaves out the human component- how convenient for his argument
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duck:

@mark. it is inevitable - these changes are logical and welcome. the difference between the nightmare and the utopia maybe is a matter of the subjects participating in the construction
  6:46pm
queems:

i got added to a whatsapp group by my boss and i’m like nooOOOOO
  6:46pm
Ochre Ogre:

There was a segment on this Amazon topic 60 Minutes last night, probably available online.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
Webhamster Henry:

I think Signal is still secure....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
Mark Hurst:

@duck I'd recommend Jathan's book - he writes in detail about response to the claim of inevitability (a favorite of Silicon Valley)
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Webhamster Henry:

BTW Eric Schmidt is gone from Alphabet now.
www.marketwatch.com...
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
chris:

technology as a bucket term doesn't always work. what we usually have discussions about, on this show, is *software* technology, specifically.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
JG:

@queems, same here w the Wahtsapp work group text. its the most invasive thing. Horrible
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
chris:

great interview once again, Mark. kudos and thanks to Mr. Sadowski.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Handy Haversack:

@Henry, yes, but it requires a connection to a mobile phone.
  6:51pm
kevlicki:

Tuning in late this week. Hi mark and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Mark Hurst:

@chris thanks
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Mark Hurst:

@kevlicki hi, thanks for joining!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Webhamster Henry:

Maybe you can get all your Surveillance Capitalism Guests on a virtual panel (on a secure conference platform, of course) .
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melinda:

I don't think there is a surveillance utopia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Mark Hurst:

@Webham 6:49 good pointer.. maybe on paper he's cut ties.
  6:53pm
queems:

@jg my coworkers don’t know how to use it, either. like i don’t want to see your coronavirus conspiracy theory videos
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duck:

yes that sounds like an oxymoron
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, herb.nyc and David in London!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
ultradamno:

And the main government repercussion for Amazon may be the destruction of the post office. Cutting of your face to spite someone else's eye.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Webhamster Henry:

@melinda Glinda the Good has a book, the Great Book of Records, that wrote everything that went on in Oz.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
JG:

@queems I know and some of my foolish co workers want to be On work time 24/7
  6:54pm
castor:

In thinking about democracy at work, Richard Wolff is a good place to start: https://www.democracyatwork.info/
  6:54pm
queems:

thanks, mark!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
David (in London):

Thanks Mark. A small contribution to this community which I love being a part of.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Webhamster Henry:

@mark he's been backing of for years, now he can concentrate on messing up NYC.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
listener james from westwood:

Scott!! A mighty substitute. Enjoy your time away!
  6:54pm
P-90:

Thoughtful recommendation, HerbNYC
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melinda:

Thanks Mark, great interview!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Bas NL:

Thanks Mark & Jathan!
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Mark Hurst:

@David I appreciate it!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Handy Haversack:

I haven't used Amazon in over five years, but I live in NYC and have neighborhood options. Not everyone still has local options, which is horrifying.

Thanks, Mark! Thanks, everyone! So good to hang out with you all again!
  6:55pm
Ochre Ogre:

Bezos is into a lot a of messed up stuff
  6:55pm
P-90:

...and thanks, Mark!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Mark Hurst:

@melinda @Bas @Handy thanks!
  6:56pm
Ochre Ogre:

Great, thanx Mark!
  6:56pm
queems:

oh my god if i need to reset my lightbulb i have bigger problems than my lightbulb
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Mark Hurst:

@P-90 @Ochre thanks for joining in this evening
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Mark. Have a good time off the grid!
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listener 126464:

How many tech support personnel does it take...
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Webhamster Henry:

I have a smart bulb, I don't use it because you can't turn it off without either disempowering it , in which case turning it on loses all its settings, or using an app. Who wants to open an app to control a light bulb??
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Mark Hurst:

@queems pay attention to the instructions! It takes several minutes of specific on-off switching to get that reset done correctly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Mark Hurst:

Smart tech will save us all! This proves it
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
ultradamno:

I'm going to start reciting this when I wash my hands. They will be done thoroughly
  6:57pm
queems:

LOL FIRMWARE
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Webhamster Henry:

Also, your bulb might be mining bitcoin while you're trying to do the puzzle in your easy chair.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Mark Hurst:

@ultra you're gonna have extremely clean hands
  6:58pm
queems:

this is like the cha cha slide
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
chris:

this user experience brought to you by dogbert?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Webhamster Henry:

This could be a new dance hit: Do the Bulb!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
listener 126464:

gotta reformat my bulbs hard drive
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Mark Hurst:

Smart tips about smart products! Everything is so smart!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
David (in London):

Slow and bulbous.
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listener 126464:

Thanks Mark!
  6:59pm
Sam:

Ha!!!!! That bulb would be in the trash after step 3.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Do the hokey pokey and you turn your smart bulb on!
  6:59pm
Dean:

How many seconds does it take to screw in a light bulb?
  6:59pm
P-90:

The truly “smart” bulb will be the one that remembers how you programmed it, and simply switches on/off dependent on current supply like the traditional bulb.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Mark Hurst:

@126464 thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
jillydg:

So amusing!
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Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Mark! We'll be surveilling you in two weeks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
WR:

Thank you Mark, Jathan & skellington krewe.
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