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M. Ní SídachNobody wants <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a> of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> or anything else they can game for advantage in the personal pursuit of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/status" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#status</a>.

dimitriosmegalosI finally finished reading Talking to my Daughter About the Economy by <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/yanisvaroufakis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yanisvaroufakis</a>, a book I started literally years ago. It’s digestible and interesting and above all, empowering. I highly recommend it. I wish I didn’t sleep on it for so long. <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

Toni AittoniemiLibertarianism misrepresents ”Democratization”When you build apps & services that allow people to do things that would be illegal (like operate taxis or move money without trace) it’s not democratic.Democracy presumes & requires a system where the will of the elected majority is enforced.Libertarians instead build systems where those who do not like the will of the majority can hide and evade enforcement.<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®“They even claim to have democratized <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, and indeed, they may well have democratized it all the way to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>. So, when Big Tech says “democratization,” it is always a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grift</a>, but it is still worth understanding how the rhetorical meaning has shifted in reference to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/authorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authorship</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creative</a> work."2/2 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/egalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#egalitarian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a><a href="https://illusionofmore.com/u-s-copyright-law-not-big-tech-democratized-authorship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://illusionofmore.com/u-s-copyright-law-not-big-tech-democratized-authorship/</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®"Enter <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> and their big bullshit word “<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a>.” They love this term because, like so many in its bag of rhetorical tricks, it sounds <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressive</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/egalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#egalitarian</a>, and even anti-corporatist, which is funny coming from the most powerful <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a> since Vanderbilt and Rockefeller.1/2

openSUSE Linux<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSUSE</a> now has <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenVINO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenVINO</a>! Check out how this journey happen & what this means for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a>. <a href="https://news.opensuse.org/2024/05/14/openvino-arrives-in-os-distributions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.opensuse.org/2024/05/14/openvino-arrives-in-os-distributions/</a>

LM Little<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> should "support a wave of local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a> projects, including the expansion of food <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cooperatives</a>, worker cooperatives, various employee-ownership schemes, community land trusts, and the development of sustainable procurement policies. This will empower communities across the nation to address the affordability crisis in the short-term, and build <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economies</a> with greater resilience, opportunity, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> in the long-term." <a href="https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canada-needs-a-federal-community-wealth-building-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canada-needs-a-federal-community-wealth-building-agenda</a>

🦋 Ben West - 🐒🌻I remembered the name of an interesting book I read years ago, and figured I would share it here:The life and times of liberal democracyMacpherson argues that from its beginnings liberal democracy has accepted the underpinning principle of capitalist societies, that the "market maketh man." If that remains the central assumption of liberal democracy, Macpherson declares, then as an organizing framework for society, liberal democracy has reached the end of its useful life. But if a broader concept of liberal democracy is accepted-"if [Macpherson writes] liberal democracy is taken to mean a society striving to ensure that all its members are equally free to realize their capabilities"--The great days of liberal democracy may yet lie ahead.<a href="https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofliber0000unse/page/n131/mode/1up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofliber0000unse/page/n131/mode/1up</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberalism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/philosphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosphy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/politicalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politicalScience</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a>

Cory DoctorowThis isn't the fault of the AI industry - the computational intensity is a fact, not a choice - but when the AI industry claims that "open" will "democratize" AI, they are hiding the ball. People who hear these "<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a>" claims (especially policymakers) are thinking about entrepreneurial kids in garages, but unless these kids have access to multi-billion-dollar data centers, they can't be "disruptors" who topple tech giants with cool new ideas. 17/

Coach Pāṇini ®“The barrier to entry for training and experimentation has dropped from the total output of a major research organization to one person, an evening, and a beefy laptop.”Has it though?<a href="https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#generativeAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#machinelearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#training</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/upskilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#upskilling</a>

beSpacificElinson, Gregory, Norm-Breakers, Rights-Makers: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Legislative</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Norms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norms</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratization</a>, and the Fight For#CivilRights (February 1, 2023). Northern Illinois University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=4348414" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=4348414</a> or <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4348414" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4348414</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LegalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalResearch</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRightsAct</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VotingRightsAct</a>

Kamil Bernaerts<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polarization</a> 😡 is worrisome, as shown by the US Capitol Riot. But is it equally bad everywhere 🗺️ across the world? No, we find that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/institutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#institutions</a> 🏛️ make a difference. 📎 Full article: <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2022.2117300" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2022.2117300</a> (📰 Journal: <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Democratization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratization</a>)👨‍🎓 Co-authors: Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts 📢 English <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/blogpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogpost</a> at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EDGE_VUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EDGE_VUB</a>: <a href="https://edge.vub.be/en/why-polarisation-hurts-some-democracies-more" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://edge.vub.be/en/why-polarisation-hurts-some-democracies-more</a>📢 Nederlandse <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/blogpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogpost</a> op <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/StukRoodVlees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StukRoodVlees</a>: <a href="https://stukroodvlees.nl/waarom-kampen-sommige-democratieen-meer-met-polarisatie-dan-andere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stukroodvlees.nl/waarom-kampen-sommige-democratieen-meer-met-polarisatie-dan-andere/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PolSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PolSci</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalScience</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conflict</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhD</a>

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