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AI, Risk, and Work

Democracy Wall, January 2025.

I’ve spent a lot of years writing about work, technology, revolution, organizing, politics, etc. From the early days of Processed World (1981-1994) to my book Nowtopia (2008) and in dozens of essays on this blog and on Foundsf.org, I’ve addressed how the shape and control of work is the […]

Silicon Valley: A Living History

Googlers Against Genocide, several dozen of whom were fired recently after some inspiring protests mounted in and against their venal employer.

Malcolm Harris’s remarkable book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World, is not only one of the best histories of California anyone has written, he’s also a fantastic writer. […]

General Ludd to General Intellect

The Luddite Tribunal held at Oakland’s Tamarack Cafe on November 9, 2023. (l to r) Brian Merchant, Safe Street Rebel, Wendy Liu, Paris Marx, and Veena Dubal.

I’ve been called “Luddite” from time to time, though I have always refused the category of “technology” as having any particularly useful reference point. Criticizing technology, […]