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Sunday Good Reads for September 24th, 2023 [1]
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Date: 2023-09-24
Happy fall, everyone! None of these links have anything to do with fall.
Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? | Ars Technica: Everything is built on someone else’s code these days. An interesting loko at what the legal ramifications of terms of service can mean.
To Know Mitski Is to Never Truly Know Mitski at All - The Ringer: I don’t know this person’s music, but their approach to fame is interesting.
Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial - The American Prospect: Tim Wu is very smart about technology, but I am not sure he is correct about how willing the courts are to give up their distorted view of antitrust law.
How Big Tech Is Ruining the Dream of AI | The New Republic: AI could do great things as long as we get it out of the hands of the capitalists.
shamlet, prince of denmark - by Allison Epstein (substack.com): Go sign up for Allison’s newsletter so I don’t have to keep showing you she’s the funniest person on the internet.
A Tale of Two TV Series: "TED LASSO" and "THE BEAR" (substack.com): Fun a look at how the same themes can produce very different art.
Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain (substack.com): I would love to see more in-depth analysis of this, but it seems like at least one way creators can fight back against unfair publishers.
A survivor's guide to being a working comic book creator | Popverse (thepopverse.com): Bleak, but eye opening. Creators are just not valued even if their creations are.
Opinion | Hiring more female officers can help fix police - The Washington Post: I am not sure this is necessarily true, but some of the stats in there are eye popping.
Deion Sanders Hype Train Is Probably About to Derail (nymag.com): I would go a lot farther and this article does, but the basic point remains: TV made college football worse for almost everyone involved.
It Took Six Years for Me to Say Two Words (substack.com): Amazing and heartbreaking. Go read.
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