#vnyc-articles
2018-01-01
Amazing read https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/
The Atlantic
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
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It sure was long— but very informative. Thanks. Resonated/ made me feel excited more than a few times.
2018-01-03
It sure was long— but very informative. Thanks. Resonated/ made me feel excited more than a few times.
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http://rhizome.org/editorial/2017/dec/28/the-year-in-the-internet-2017-1/ (a fun read, less about participation and more about culture)
Rhizome
Because those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2018-01-05
> In each case, the code and data were always designed to outlive the company.
2018-01-20
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/ been thinking about this article in the context of participation and holopolis
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
2018-01-24
In business news...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/dealbook/tesla-elon-musk-pay.html
“But Mr. Musk’s compensation plan is no illusion: He gets paid only if the company succeeds over the long term with significant gains in market cap. And it’s impossible for him to manipulate the system by trying to prop up the stock price for a temporary period. Under the terms of the arrangement, even once his shares vest, he has to hold them an additional five years before he is allowed to sell them.
The way the arrangement is structured, each milestone is a blunt instrument: He either reaches it or gets nothing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/dealbook/tesla-elon-musk-pay.html
“But Mr. Musk’s compensation plan is no illusion: He gets paid only if the company succeeds over the long term with significant gains in market cap. And it’s impossible for him to manipulate the system by trying to prop up the stock price for a temporary period. Under the terms of the arrangement, even once his shares vest, he has to hold them an additional five years before he is allowed to sell them.
The way the arrangement is structured, each milestone is a blunt instrument: He either reaches it or gets nothing.”
The New York Times
Mr. Musk agreed to stay as chief executive for 10 years, with compensation tied to $50 billion leaps in Tesla’s valuation. Otherwise, he makes zero.
2018-01-26
https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2018/01/23/civil-sludge-government-fraud/ #talktonyc cc @darshana
Technical.ly Brooklyn
Sludge will be led by civic technologist David Moore and journalist Donald Shaw.
2018-01-31
Taiwan Sentinel
International media need to find a better term than ‘rivals’ to describe a situation in which a small democracy is fighting for its survival against the encroachment of a gigantic authoritarian state.   It doesn’t just regularly