What's the Future and Why It's up to UsTim O'Reilly
What's the Future and Why It's up to Us
by Tim O'Reilly · first published 2017
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…that I'm not selling the stock I've accumulated for the good of the masses in the long term. However, I don't think it needs to end poorly. If you want to dig into this deeper, I highly recommend "WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us," by Tim O'Reilly.(1) It explains the philosophical shift that needs to occur to repair our societal trajectory, not just for the sake of the 99%, but also the 1% (and even the 0.01% where the worlds…
on “Target, Walmart Automate More Store Tasks” ↗I recollect reading about the UK GDS in Tim O'Reilly's book from last year "WTF: What's The Future And Why It's Up To Us". In the chapter "Government as a platform" he's got a small, amusing anecdote about the service. Having looked up the relevant part, let me transcribe it for you: > "One of the first things that struck…
on “Why Gov.uk content should be published in HTML and not PDF” ↗This is not a uniquely Chinese problem - we have the same problem right here in the US... In Tim Oreilly's book 'WTF? What's the future and why it's up to us' (1), he talks quite a bit about the emergence of the idea of corporations focussing on maximizing shareholder value over actually productivity (true societal/economic value). It's the same philosophy…
on “Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full” ↗