NUUG-møte med Cory Doctorow 2020-12-08 18:30
Thomas Gramstad
thomas.gramstad at ub.uio.no
Søn 29. Nov 2020 21:06:49 CET
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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:34:41 +0100
From: aktive at nuug.no
Subject: Monopoly, Not Mind Control: What's Really Happening With "Surveillance
Capitalism" - NUUG Oslo 2020-12-08
Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG) inviterer til medlemsmøte i NUUG Oslo.
Alle medlemmer og ikke-medlemmer er velkomne. Arrangementet er gratis.
Tid: Tirsdag 8. desember 2020 kl. 18.30
Sted: Virtuelt møte på internett. Koble til i VLC med
adressen https://nuug.no/live.m3u.
Månedens tema er: «Monopoly, Not Mind Control: What's Really Happening
With "Surveillance Capitalism"» med Cory Doctorow. Foredraget vil foregå
på engelsk. Kort om presentasjonen:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the claim
that Big Tech can use big data to bypass our cognitive faculties is a
doozy. Whether the claim is being made by big tech or its critics,
it's pretty thin, and if you're a tech critic, it's a kind of
backhanded compliment: even if Big Tech is being run by evil geniuses,
at least they're still geniuses.
There's a more parsimonious explanation: Big Tech are mediocre
monopolists, engaged in the same deep-pocketed moneyball that allowed
their robber-baron forebears to corner entire sectors of the
economy. If that's true, then we have a range of options that don't
require safeguarding the alleged mind-control rays hidden in their
data centers.
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and
journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently RADICALIZED
and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE
CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and conspiracy which is now
available in Norwegian; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture
book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. His latest book is ATTACK SURFACE, a
standalone adult sequel to LITTLE BROTHER.
Spørsmål til foredragsholder kan legges inn på notatsiden mens
presentasjonen pågår.
Medlemsmøtet vil også bli direktesendt over internett. For mer
informasjon se https://wiki.nuug.no/grupper/video/streaming om
direktesending av video.
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<https://www.nuug.no/adict/ical.php? organizer=NUUG>.
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