"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
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@baldur > I’m guessing my name helped prompt those.
Anyway, how's your gate doing?
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I suspect this one will play better to the Mastodon crowd than to the Bluesky or newsletter folks.
@baldur yes, this is fucking brilliant! Though, when you quote Gramsci, I keep adding "... This is the time of monsters.", and wonder what the monsters are.
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@baldur yes, this is fucking brilliant! Though, when you quote Gramsci, I keep adding "... This is the time of monsters.", and wonder what the monsters are.
@audunmb Thanks!
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@FaithfullJohn Thanks!
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I suspect this one will play better to the Mastodon crowd than to the Bluesky or newsletter folks.
@baldur “Christ’s chaotic transit schedule”, chef’s kiss!
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@baldur “Christ’s chaotic transit schedule”, chef’s kiss!
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@baldur “Christ’s chaotic transit schedule”, chef’s kiss!
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur I like the opening! looking forward to reading the whole thing later
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@baldur yes, this is fucking brilliant! Though, when you quote Gramsci, I keep adding "... This is the time of monsters.", and wonder what the monsters are.
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur Bjork is great, don't listen to the haters. Or, well, maybe she's played out for you and that's also valid. But like if people find her weird, and she is weird, that's a silly thing to dislike a pop star for. If you want a pop star who is boring and incapable of surprising you, you can just have generative AI produce statistically likely pablum from the corpus of actual artists.
Were these haters all guys? Did they simply hate her because she's a woman who is famous and successful?
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@baldur Bjork is great, don't listen to the haters. Or, well, maybe she's played out for you and that's also valid. But like if people find her weird, and she is weird, that's a silly thing to dislike a pop star for. If you want a pop star who is boring and incapable of surprising you, you can just have generative AI produce statistically likely pablum from the corpus of actual artists.
Were these haters all guys? Did they simply hate her because she's a woman who is famous and successful?
@skyfaller Always guys and it was always a red flag because it wasn’t actually her music they disliked but her nonconformity
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur excellent piece. thank you for it.
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@baldur excellent piece. thank you for it.
@ireneista My pleasure!
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@skyfaller Always guys and it was always a red flag because it wasn’t actually her music they disliked but her nonconformity
@baldur My favorite thing by Björk is the music video for "It's Oh So Quiet": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU
It's just full of joy, she looks like she's having a blast, and that's timeless, kind of like the Beach Boys sounding like they're having a great party while recording "Barbara Ann" (I like when they crack up for some reason while singing about Peggy Sue... I guess someone made a mistake? But I didn't hear it.)
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur This is a really great, really thoughtful, piece.
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur Fantastic as always, thanks for writing it!
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@baldur This is a really great, really thoughtful, piece.
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@baldur Fantastic as always, thanks for writing it!
@peter_sc My pleasure!
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur is it messed up that this piece makes me more optimistic about the future of tech than anything else i've read in ages?
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"The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born"
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
(www.baldurbjarnason.com)
This ones leans a bit more into theory and politics than I usually do when writing about the industry, but this moment in time warrants it, I think.
@baldur yes, and to further your point, we (the us) cut aid in a reckless, sadistic manner, and no one in those countries will forget that, either.
