McFilter: November 2015 Archives

November 30, 2015

The Pill versus the Bomb: What Digital Technologists Need to Know About Power. More pills, fewer bombs please.
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System. Still working through this, but an interesting piece on systems thinking. And a great accompaniment to the next link (as pointed out by Tom Taylor)
What can a technologist do about climate change? (A personal view). I'm not doing anything on this. And I should be.
A digital white paper. Russell capturing perfectly how to describe the infused-with-interactivity elements of the climate change piece.

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Pinboard on the Next Economy Conference. Maciej providing commentary that careers between enraging, depressing and laugh-out-loud - in a good way.
The Day Google Deleted Me. "That's no way to live. Constantly in fear that one day the most powerful information gatekeeper on the planet can decide you are persona non grata."
Leaking renewable targets. At a loss for words.
How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name. Lots I agree with here.
Beyond Beveridge - An interview with Charles Leadbeater. Lots of good thoughts on the welfare state. We need to move it to working with the people, not just for the people.
Please Stop Writing Secure Messaging Tools. Not just a list of good security projects to work on, a list of features and projects that would be good for all of us.

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Why I Quit Ordering From Uber-for-Food Start-Ups "We are alive at a time when huge systems—industrial, infrastructural—are being remade, and I think it’s our responsibility as we make choices both commercial and civic—it’s just a light responsibility, don’t stress—to extrapolate forward, and ask ourselves: Is this a system I want to live inside? Is this a system fit for humans?" Not just a choice for food startups.
I do not share your consensus, and that’s fine. Ant Miller pointing out what should be, but seems not to be, the bleeding obvious.
Does Facebook record conversations when it identifies the things I’m listening to or watching? Basically, yes. Although I see they've updated their FAQ to make it sound less creepy.
Communicating DND, in a nice way. Good idea, that I should be implementing.
A blog is your brain, over time, on the internet. Perfectly put.
Resist and Thrive. "It feels like we’ve been auto-subscribed to a newsletter that’s sending increasingly depressing emails. How do we get off this ride?"
Increase Your Options: A talk at Digibury Weekender 2015. A good talk from Anjali about technology for good.
Basic income: how Finland plans to implement the first nation-wide project in the EU. Interesting experiments being proposed in Finland, and this is a good summary of some of the pros/cons.
The Trillion-Dollar Vision of Dee Hock. Really interesting piece on the organisational structure of Visa.

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Liverpool Futurist Excellent architectural round-up of Liverpool, by Jones the Planner. Including some sadly spot on questions about some of the city. "Why would you want Liverpool Waters to repeat all the mistakes of Princes Dock on a grand scale?" Exactly.
The Fallacy of Hunt. Depressing reading on the NHS. *Insert Chomsky quote about privatisation here*
Rational renationalisation. Interesting argument in favour of nationalising infrastructure (and things best provided as a monopoly)
Big Data, No Thanks. Is Big Data this generation's anti-nuclear cause?

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