Information theory and the social pillar of content moderation — Back in 2018, the chief supervisor of Europe’s GDPR, Giovanni Buttarelli, mentioned the following in “Tim Cook’s Magnum Opus”: [T]here is an urgent need for regulators and indeed societies to agree on and establish “a sustainable ethics for a digitised society… The paradox is that we have not yet learned…

The Janus Rule, the Misjudgment of Solomon, and a critique of Aggregation Theory —

Separating crypto’s irreparable sublimate from its redeemable remnants — In case you missed it, FTX filed for bankruptcy and SBF is now in custody. I’m not going to recount the whole background or circumstances regarding that accelerated collapse of the world’s second largest crypto exchange — for which a more forensic autopsy is forthcoming. I’m also not going to…

Clubhouse’s strategic path; orality’s crusades; and the voice interface — One part radio phone-in; one part conference call; and one part massive online open TED Talk. That’s essentially the formula for the latest, hottest consumer app on the market, Clubhouse, which officially launched in April 2020 before hitting escape velocity in January 2021. Right now, Clubhouse is live, unrecorded, audio…

Disney’s latest reorg as an entree to the future of entertainment — video, gaming, and the fusion thereof — In case you missed it, The Walt Disney Company just announced a pretty major “Strategic Reorganization of Its Media and Entertainment Businesses”: In light of the tremendous success achieved to date in the Company’s direct-to-consumer business and to further accelerate its DTC strategy, The Walt Disney Company today announced a…

The other side of the Coin(base); Big Data’s conscience; and Karp as Keyser — After a week in which Coinbase controversially vowed to keep politics out of its workplace, it’s hard for me to not dig into Palantir, which is an inevitably political — albeit promising — private business that just went public via direct listing on Wednesday…

User data, user experience, and diminishing returns — In case you missed it, Big Tech CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google testified in front of Congress last week at an antitrust hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee. There’s been plenty of coverage about the hearing itself, including my own. …