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The Tech Coup: A New Book Shows How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance (hai.stanford.edu)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What's the point of this book? It's nothing new, and would never change anything about the situation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

This situation has come to be, through the ignorance and inaction of ordinary people. Your attitude is part of the problem.

[–] otter 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Research and organized information on a topic, however obvious it might be, is an important step towards policy changes. We also see those changes from time to time, for example some recent EU decisions

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

And sourcing for it to be written elsewhere, such as citations in Wikipedia