#1150 The Price of Free (Silicon Valley and Big Data)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 December 2017
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 12/5/2017
Today we look at some of the hidden ways that big tech is influencing our lives personally and societally
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The intersection of big data, targeted advertising and elections - Le Show - Air Date 11-26-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Shhhame (Instrumental Acoustic) - PC-ONE
Ch. 5: Song 2: There Is Something Wrong - Mystery Mammal
Ch. 6: Act 3: The lifecycle of an economy built on monopolies - We the Podcast with Rep. @keithellison - Air Date 10-1-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Lacrima D'esperide - Damiano Baldoni
Ch. 8: Act 4: Zeynep Tufekci: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads - @TEDTalks - Air Date 11-17-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Like Music (cdk Mix) (ft. Phasenwandler) - cdk
Ch. 10: Act 5: Baratunde Thurston: We can choose how we design our built and digital environments - Thinking Cap - Air Date 9-14-17
Voicemails
Ch. 11: Me Too - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 12: Equality actually lifts all boats - Zach from Atlanta
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 13: Final comments on the need for both an individual and social push against the coming tech monopolies dystopia
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Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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