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felix stalder on Nostr: Just finished Cory Doctorow 's new, highly readable book: "The Reverse Centaur's ...

Just finished 's new, highly readable book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI:"

The main point I take away from this is that the "magnificent seven" are all mature companies, that need a growth stories like a start-up to justify the enormous stock prices. But if one is already a giant, multi-billion $ company, exponential growth is virtually impossible (not to mention, world-destroying) and requires ever more outlandish claims. To deflate these claims in the most powerful vector of critique.

The second point, which is kind of a classic, is not to ask what a technology "is" or "could do", but to ask who does it do it **for** and who does it do it "*to**. In other words, it's not technical capacities, but social relations that determine the social impact of a product