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In addition to the well-known exploitation of Chinese immigrant labor to build the transcontinental railroad, rail companies also owned and leased slaves to build much of the track in the pre-Civil War South. After emancipation, they continued exploiting involuntary Black labor through the convict leasing system.

Rail Workers Want Tracks Publicly Owned. Is That So Radical?

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There have been practices that you’d never heard of before, that are now integral parts of your life. There have been habits and skills that seemed impossible to master, that you now can’t imagine living without. There have been new technologies that you swore you would never embrace that you now use every day.

Building a Second Brain

Tiago Forte

Some might say that it’s not the job of A.I. to oppose capitalism. That may be true, but it’s not the job of A.I. to strengthen capitalism, either. Yet that is what it currently does. If we cannot come up with ways for A.I. to reduce the concentration of wealth, then I’d say it’s hard to argue that A.I. is a neutral technology, let alone a beneficial one.

Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?

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