Notes: tech safety, loudspeakers, infraordinary
Taps microphone Is this thing on? Some of these notes are well aged, like a cheese. A whole lot of life, and death, since last notes. MySociety propose reframing civic tech as pro-democracy tech. Ethan Zuckerman has many excellent thoughts on how the Signalgate story is forking reality. Rob Horning doesn't listen to podcasts . Neither do I, mostly. Some interesting thoughts on parasocial relationships, conversation, etc. Nick Hunn on the government push for net zero , in terms of how well smart metering has gone: I wonder how many UK householders know that part of their electricity bill is a payment to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem? ..... So far, the Smart Metering marketing campaign has spent about £500 million trying to persuade us to do something which is free. If the UK is going to meet the Government’s decarbonisation targets for home energy, their next task is to persuade us all to sign up for something which will cost millions of home owners tens o...