169 - Masters of the Userverse by Grafton Tanner

Real Life: Audio Edition

English - July 04, 2022 16:27 - 15 minutes - 18.4 MB
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A fantasy life of push-button convenience and technological coddling is just as much a “virtual world” as any metaverse. With the gig economy as their operating system, these "userverses" isolate consumers from each other and protect the exploitive system tech companies and venture capital have built.
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