Jul 12, 2021

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Podcasting “Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability”

Corporate rivalries vs public power.

A mousetrap superimposed over the Matrix ‘waterfall’ effect. Image: Royalty Free (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/99783447@N07/9433864982/ CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

This week on my podcast, I read my latest Locus Magazine column, “Tech Monopolies and the Insufficient Necessity of Interoperability.” It presents a theory of change to get us to a world of aggressive, trans-industry, global trustbusting.

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