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In bringing together ideas of decentralisation, digital utopianism, and technological progress, right-wing libertarian ideology sets and shapes public discourse around digital currencies: “These terms and claims get further established, reified, and enforced as they are taken up and given legitimacy inside authoritative discourses such as law, policy, and jurisprudence” (Gillespie, 2010, p 356) This discourse maps onto recent enthusiasm for user-generated content, amateur expertise, popular creativity, peer-level social networking, and online commentary.
In Digital We Trust
nature.com
Clinging to suffering, paradoxically, is a way of trying to take care of ourselves. We’re convinced that the kernel of resolution will appear from somewhere inside the rubble of the problem. But usually the only thing that appears is more suffering…we’re left stuck in the rubble, scavenging for that unfindable gem of relief. So too, continually thinking about what hurts makes us feel that our pain matters, that it didn’t happen for no reason, and that it won’t be forgotten.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
The dismissed board members, meanwhile, insist that their actions were wise.
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI | The New Yorker
Charles Duhigg
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