iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

When David Graeber explained why Corporations behave the way they do in modern Capitalism! youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4

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David Graeber on Modern Capitalism

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

We are facing a moment when much will change for the worse, not just in policy, but in the structure of politics itself. We need to be imagining a better America. A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition. snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...

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Shadow Cabinet

A Positive Form of Opposition

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Richard from Cali/DC @richardswhitt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Coming across my brand new book, "Reweaving the Web," in the shelves at Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA. A proud moment.

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Richard from Cali/DC @richardswhitt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

A favorite perspective, combining Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Hubble Space Telescope images. A seasonal reminder of the vastness and wonder that surrounds us at all times.

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Listener of Banned Books @listenbannedbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

"Thoughts and prayers for everyone affected. Now is not the time to be political." Translation: "Tough shit cause we ain't doing shit and we don't want to talk about that shit."

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Listener of Banned Books @listenbannedbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Read the #bannedbooks. There's a reason they don't want you to. They may just make you think. They may open up your world to the experiences of others. They may even match your own experiences and make you realize you're not alone.

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Richard from Cali/DC @richardswhitt.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"Fireworks" by Dominique Caron (a friend) (2024)

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Richard from Cali/DC @richardswhitt.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

My 95 year old mother Dorothy, with me today from Olney, Maryland.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

For those interested, there is actually a book on this topic. The book is called Bullshit Jobs!

"Just about anyone in a supervised wage-labor job
finds it maddening to pretend to be busy. Working is
meant to serve a purpose—if make believe play is an
expression of human freedom, then make-believe work
imposed by others represents a total lack of freedom.

It’s unsurprising, then, that the first historical occurrence
of the notion that some people ought to be working at all
times, or that work should be made up to fill their time
even in the absence of things that need doing, concerns
workers who are not free: prisoners and slaves."
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- David Graeber

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Richard Reisman @rreisman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

"Whom Does It Serve?" That is the overarching question for AI and social media (more two sides of the same coin than you may think). This article summarizes for AI, and my comments on @techpolicypress.bsky.social's post point to more on those connections from me and @richardswhitt.bsky.social.

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Richard Reisman @rreisman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This builds on and extends my recent piece on social media "middleware" attention agents to the realm of AI. It brings in @richardswhitt.bsky.social's insights on the same focus on individual and community agency as needed for Personal AI agents. www.techpolicy.press/three-pillar...

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Three Pillars of Human Discourse (and How Social Media Middleware Can Support All Three) | TechPolicy.Press

Human discourse is a social process, writes Richard Reisman, that depends on three pillars: agency, mediation, and reputation.

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Richard Reisman @rreisman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

And for an extended - and very readable - overview of these issues, from the web to social media to AI and the future, see the excellent new book by @richardswhitt.bsky.social, Reweaving the Web: www.reweavingtheweb.net

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Richard Reisman @rreisman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

AI systems must be composed of interoperating agents that faithfully serve their users & negotiate a broader alignment at both individual & community levels. The question is “whom does it serve?” In @techpolicypress.bsky.social w/ @richardswhitt.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/new-perspect...

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New Perspectives on AI Agentiality and Democracy: "Whom Does It Serve?" | TechPolicy.Press

Richard Reismand and Richard Whitt write that interoperability will enable agential relationships that serve individuals and communities faithfully.

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Krishnamurti Foundation Trust @krishnamurti.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

To fill the void is the whole process of our existence. Being aware that we are empty, inwardly poor, we struggle either to collect things outwardly, or to cultivate inward riches. —Krishnamurti

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