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[Thomas Gramstad <thomas.gramstad AT ub.uio.no>]

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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:34:41 +0100
From: aktive AT nuug.no
Subject: Monopoly, Not Mind Control: What's Really Happening With "Surveillance 
Capitalism" - NUUG Oslo 2020-12-08


Norwegian Unix User Group (NUUG) inviterer til medlemsmøte i NUUG Oslo.

Alle medlemmer og ikke-medlemmer er velkomne. Arrangementet er gratis.

  Tid:   Tirsdag 8. desember 2020 kl. 18.30
  Sted:  Virtuelt møte på internett. Koble til i VLC med
         adressen https://nuug.no/live.m3u.

Månedens tema er: «Monopoly, Not Mind Control: What's Really Happening
With "Surveillance Capitalism"» med Cory Doctorow. Foredraget vil foregå
på engelsk.  Kort om presentasjonen:

   Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the claim
   that Big Tech can use big data to bypass our cognitive faculties is a
   doozy. Whether the claim is being made by big tech or its critics,
   it's pretty thin, and if you're a tech critic, it's a kind of
   backhanded compliment: even if Big Tech is being run by evil geniuses,
   at least they're still geniuses.

   There's a more parsimonious explanation: Big Tech are mediocre
   monopolists, engaged in the same deep-pocketed moneyball that allowed
   their robber-baron forebears to corner entire sectors of the
   economy. If that's true, then we have a range of options that don't
   require safeguarding the alleged mind-control rays hidden in their
   data centers.

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and
journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently RADICALIZED
and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE
CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and conspiracy which is now
available in Norwegian; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture
book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER.  His latest book is ATTACK SURFACE, a
standalone adult sequel to LITTLE BROTHER.

Spørsmål til foredragsholder kan legges inn på notatsiden mens
presentasjonen pågår.

Medlemsmøtet vil også bli direktesendt over internett. For mer
informasjon se https://wiki.nuug.no/grupper/video/streaming om
direktesending av video.

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