The Cover of Business Efficiency for Dangerous Ideology - https://kinlane.com/2025/02/26/the-cover-of-business-efficiency-for-dangerous-ideology/
Programming Music With the Player Piano on Corner of 58th - https://kinlane.com/2025/02/26/programming-music-with-the-player-piano-on-corner-of-58th/
“Though gut emotions have always figured into politics, our most recent election was officially and unapologetically “vibes-based." Meanwhile, our masters of the universe are Twitter trolls and memelords. And our TikTok influencers turn natural disasters into nihilistic satire. We’re not just having more fun. We’re making important matters trivial. Amusement is the master virtue—everything must accommodate it.”
https://www.afterbabel.com/p/the-price-of-mass-amusement
"When I gave a talk in 2016, I asked my audience how many years they thought it would be before half of US households had adopted some of the year’s most hyped gadgets. A smart watch? A drone? A 3D printer? Virtual reality goggles? A self-driving car? Would these gadgets ever see 50% adoption? Turns out 'nope.' Or at least, one decade later, none of these – not even the smart watch – has reached that level." -Audrey Watters https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/not-so-fast/
A Week of Being Kin Lane - February 24th, 2024
- https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-february-24th-2024/
After experiencing the line of questioning about drug use in the clearance screening for working at the White House personally and the historical zero tolerance policy towards even minimal drug usage, I am guessing there were some pretty messed up situations in the 1950s and 1960s that resulted in that screening process. I don’t think what we are seeing right now is new, it is just really out in the open, where earlier ones were probably covered up like what the CIA was doing.
Using Francis William’s Story To Reveal Algorithmic Bias in Artificial Intelligence - https://algorithmic.rotoscope.work/2025/02/23/using-francis-williams-story-to-reveal-algorithmic-bias-in-artificial-intelligence/
As things disappear from government servers we must also keep an eye on the new posts and discussions - There Must Be Some Way Out of Here by SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce - https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/peirce-statement-rfi-022125
How Our Hearts Got Tangled Up With This Rottweiler https://kinlane.com/2025/02/22/how-our-hearts-got-tangled-up-with-this-rottweiler/
I absolutely love that the word meritocracy originated as a parody, but people use it straight faced without any awareness of it's origins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
My personal newsletter for this last week on Blind Justice and being AI-First! https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-february-17th-2024/
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