Extremely important research.
It's not possible to understand the state of BigTech, or its pathologies at the moment, without understanding these companies' transformation into defense contractors, in addition to their central role as surveillance providers to the state. 👇
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2024/SiliconValley
Meredith Whittaker /
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2024-04-21 15:34:27
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