By Cory Doctorow (GPG…: But I think they've decided that…

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b) They're laying off thousands of workers because their giant bet on AI has been a flop, leaving them with a massive cash crunch; and 37/

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27 июн., 14:15

c) By destroying Sarah Wynn-Williams, they can terrorize all those thousands of bitter ex-employees into silence about the even graver sins the company has committed. 38/

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27 июн., 14:15

That's my theory, anyway: www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs... 39/

Meta layoffs hit 2 jobs the hardest as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pours billions into the AI raceThe two groups made up more than half of Meta's layoffs in California and Washington state. Meta is embracing small teams and AI tools internally.www.businessinsider.com

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27 июн., 14:15

Lukashenka knew that arresting children for eating ice cream would make him a laughingstock abroad. Zuckerberg knows that threatening Wynn-Williams for standing in wooden silence on a stage makes him look like history's most guillotineable billionaire. 40/

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27 июн., 14:15

But both Lukashenka and Zuckerberg are willing to be thought a thin-skinned bully, so long as that means the people they oppress the most are too terrified to ever challenge their authority. eof/

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27 июн., 15:01

Well I certainly hope Zuck is easier to pry off than that other guy.

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Stefan E. Jones

27 июн., 16:11

There are a couple of books on dissent through quiet mockery. One is free online: "PRANKSTERS VS AUTOCRATS:" d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/...

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Ringwood Rascal

28 июн., 19:21

A must read!

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monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she

5 июл., 13:37

Ty, downloaded

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AspiringHermit

8 июл., 03:15

*adds Careless People to library hold queue*

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Chris Braunsdorf

27 июн., 16:25

Thin-skinned bullies are all the rage these days.

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Arthur Burns 2.0

27 июн., 17:23

Amazing thread!!

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mistymeanorhavuk

29 июн., 18:24

thank you for this thread, i had been meaning to buy the book and this post pushed me to do it

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Richard Battye

5 июл., 15:56

Thanks, seems sadly v believable. I’m halfway through Careless People and have a side thought: beyond all the specific goings on the book does an excellent job of showing the meta leadership to be an awful collection of incurious thin skinned self-interested ****s. Which being true isn’t libellous.

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Sandra Kelly

5 июл., 16:05

Just bought the book!!

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Ben Holt 🇨🇦

5 июл., 17:03

I'm reminded of Chevron's pursuit of Steven Donziger. Different, but similar.

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Anthony Cregan

5 июл., 18:16

eof/ = End Of Fred?

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Kit Byatt

6 июл., 17:33

Careless People is next on my reading list after I've finished Karen Hao's 'Empire of AI — Inside the reckless race for total domination'... It's difficult not to see parallels!