[FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!??

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Marcus, 

 

I would like to be convinced .. But

 

Imagined a world in which we all worked at home, everything was on zoom, and
everything was delivered by Amazon by drone.  I realize this is a reductio,
but hum along with me for a few bars.  There would be no intermediate social
landscape between the home and the distribution center.  No intermediate
human scales.  

 

I can't say immediately why this would be a bad thing, but my gut doesn't
like it. 

 

Nick 

 

Nick Thompson

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 <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/>
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
Sent: Sunday, January 2, 2022 1:38 PM
To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!??

 

I can see living without Facebook (I do), but why can't we live with Amazon?
It seems like they did a pretty good job of displacing the likes of Walmart.
It could happen again.  What added inherent value do stores have, other than
as a mechanism to prevent he consolidation of market influence w.r.t. to
prices?

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Subject: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!?? 

 

I just listened to this podcast 

 

https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP5489734702

 

a conversation between the former prosecutor, Joyce Vance, and the musician,
financier, turncoat Facebook investor Roger Mcnamee, who likens this moment
with big tech to the moment before the food industry regulations of the
early 1900's and anti-pollution legislation of the 60's, moments when Da
People reasserted control over over-weening industry interests.  He is
author of the book, Zucked.

 

An hour-long pod cast is a terribly inefficient way to learn about
something, so I hope that one you, for whom none of this is news, can offer
a more condensed source.

 

We are basically talking about the Amazon paradox, here: can't live with it;
can't live without it.  How much ARE we willing to pay to have the trains
run on time?

 

As usual, I am in need of instruction.  

 

Nick Thompson

ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com> 

https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

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