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Maciej Baron

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Feb 8, 2022

“Web3 thinking” and the obfuscation of late-capitalism

I previously wrote about why the most prominent ideas behind Web3 are bullshit, and how proponents of the trend confuse a technological problem with a political one. I also explained that while confronting Big Tech is necessary, blockchain isn’t the right solution. This time I’d like to go further and…

Capitalism

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“Web3 thinking” and the obfuscation of late-capitalism
“Web3 thinking” and the obfuscation of late-capitalism
Capitalism

11 min read


Jan 9, 2022

Elon Musk is right. Web3 is BS.

Elon Musk is right. Web3 is BS. To put it mildly, I am not Elon’s biggest fan. He’s an ignorant, narcissistic, reckless, self-indulgent buffoon who treats his employees like crap, and who just happens to be amazing at marketing himself, which helped him become a billionaire, despite running unprofitable companies. …

Web3

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Elon Musk is right. Web3 is BS.
Elon Musk is right. Web3 is BS.
Web3

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Dec 28, 2020

Wallace & Gromit and Silicon Valley late-capitalism

For quite a long time I couldn’t really articulate why I felt so frustrated watching Wallace and Gromit. As a young child, I would occasionally watch it on TV: a story about a quirky, green-pullover wearing inventor, and his highly-intelligent dog. A magnificent-looking clay animation produced by Aardman Animations, it…

Capitalism

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Wallace & Gromit and Silicon Valley late-capitalism
Wallace & Gromit and Silicon Valley late-capitalism
Capitalism

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Jul 16, 2018

Social networks should be publicly owned

Now, a headline like this might get a lot of eyes rolling and tech libertarians might use it to argue that “socialists have gone mad”. It is also not a new concept, and several arguments — some of them in jest — have been put forward to defend the idea…

Privacy

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Social networks should be publicly owned
Social networks should be publicly owned
Privacy

16 min read

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