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This is an interesting point of view which reminds me of the Solid-discussion we had. Solid allows the user to control her data and to have an overview of personal data. It also allows seamless integration of many information types and as such it can be used to streamline information at companies and institutions. So Solid could just as well be used to connect seamlessly many types of information about you and me. Maybe we could still consult that information in readable-but-not-writable form, but it would be of even bigger interest to surveillance professionals from states and private companies who probably would have to means to get this information in a readable and writable form.

the data-driven web, linked documentation, automated software design, decentralization and the semantic web

"documents the downward trend in the labor share of income since the early 1990s, as well as its heterogeneous evolution across countries, industries, and workers of different skill groups, using newly assembled data for a large sample of advanced and emerging market and developing economies. The chapter then analyzes the forces behind these trends. Technological progress, reflected in the steep decline in the relative price of investment goods, along with varying exposure to routine-based occupations, explains about half the overall decline in advanced economies, with a larger negative impact on the earnings of middle-skilled workers. "

Looks like a useful entry point

"call on governments to use the data-driven management techniques common in the private sector to find out how best to respond to the employment disruption that is coming. These include using "A/B" testing of alternative options to do small trials of new social policies designed to counteract the impact of automation, before expanding them to entire populations."

"ONVR "

Title: Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder Excerpt: The Roomba is generally regarded as a cute little robot friend that no one but dogs would consider to be a potential menace. But for the last couple of years, …

Title: The Most Crucial Design Job Of The Future Excerpt: If artificial intelligence has any hope of expanding our understanding of the world, rather than simply reflecting old biases, it needs radical transparency.

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked https://t.co/u3VerGKEHQ