Thoughtforms 20.33

A short round up of what we've seen and heard this week on the intersection of #technology, #business, #design and #organisation, and thought was interesting.

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Outputs vs. the Machine. We must change the conversation about the tech giants’ problems if we want solutions: ”Beyond looking at the platforms’ mechanisms, we should also examine the broader societal context that led to the outputs. The absence of the public in these conversations has been really troubling. There’s only so much we can do if society is not part of these conversations.” What is the soul of the new machine? ?? Link

An Ambitious Future. The Future of Society: ”the future of ambition is one in which millions of brilliant people globally, historically excluded from the global economy, have the opportunity and incentive to harness ever more powerful technologies to solve some of our species’ and our planet’s most important problems.” ?? Link

Regulate the web. Free expression, harmful speech, and the future of the internet: ”The current wave of regulation isn’t all bad, but it seems to presume that because we have a giant-tech-platform-shaped-problem, we need an equally giant-tech-platform-shaped-solution.” How to tune the new machine? ?? Link

?? Listening

Exponent—Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy Listen

Danny in the Valley—Flexport's Ryan Petersen: "Plan for the unimaginable" Listen

InfoQ—Variety: The Secret of Scale Watch