Reality 2.0

Reality 2.0

By Katherine Druckman and Doc SearlsTechnology
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Reality 2.0 episodes

  • Episode 129: Communication Breakdown

    Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Shawn Powers talk communication breakdown in social media, its impact on our culture, and what technical solutions may exist.

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    • Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - The Atlantic
    — What would it have been like to live in Babel in the days after its destruction? In the Book of Genesis, we are told that the descendants of Noah built a great city in the land of Shinar. They built a tower “with its top in the heavens” to “make a name” for themselves. God was offended by the hubris of humanity and said:
    Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.
    The text does not say that God destroyed the tower, but in many popular renderings of the story he does, so let’s hold that dramatic image in our minds: people wandering amid the ruins, unable to communicate, condemned to mutual incomprehension.
  • Democracy in the Next Cycle of History | Jonathan Haidt - YouTube
    • — Jonathan Haidt sees that we have entered a social-psychological phase change that was initiated in 02009 when social media platforms introduced several fateful innovations that changed the course of our society and disintegrated our consensus on reality.
    In this conversation with Long Now co-founders Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelly, Haidt presses on questions of technological optimism, morality vs ethics, teen mental health, possible platform tweaks that could reduce the damage and just how long this next cycle of history could last.
    Prompted by Haidt's piece on Why The Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid, this discussion offers a behind the scenes look at the thinking going into Haidt's next book; release slated for the fall of 02023.
    43 min
  • Episode 128: Folder Full of HTML

    When Doc is away, Katherine and Shawn Powers play! (With Static HTML generators) Katherine and Shawn talk about Hugo, a static site generator, WordPress, and the content creator life.

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    • The world’s fastest framework for building websites | Hugo
    — Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites fun again.
  • Shawn Powers on Twitter: "I’ve fallen in NerdLove with @GoHugoIO, and it’s all @KatherineD’s fault. The https://t.co/ihNrCjqxrb website is now generated with Hugo… and it’s glorious. I have SO much to learn, but it’s really super awesome-sauce wonderful." / Twitter
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  • techno-tim/littlelink-server: A lightweight, open source, and self-hosted alternative to linktree in a Docker container!
    • — LittleLink-Server is based on the great work from littlelink, a lightweight DIY alternative to services like Linktree and many.link. LittleLink and LittleLink-Server is built using Skeleton, a dead simple, responsive boilerplate—we just stripped out some additional code you wouldn't need and added in branded styles for popular services. 😊
  • Git-based CMS for Hugo, Next.js, Gatsby, Jekyll, Nuxt.js, Hexo, Eleventy, Docusaurus, Gridsome and more. | Forestry.io
    • — Give your editors the power of Git.
    Create, edit, and instant preview Markdown-based sites.
    44 min
  • Episode 127: Religion, Politics, and Other Taboo Subjects

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers about religion, politics, tribalism, sexism, and viral blog posts.

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    • Green Hair, Mustard Seeds, and Me - The Brain of Shawn
    — It’s been a couple weeks now, and my green hair is starting to fade. My light brown roots are peeking through, and since I don’t go many places, most people who will see me have seen me. And while I tweeted a short explanation, I haven’t gotten too detailed when explaining why my hair is green. Mostly because I was (am) angry, and it was hard to talk about it without being mean. And that rationale is sorta the whole point.
    53 min
  • Episode 126: Publishers vs The Internet Archive

    Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk about Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit targeting the Internet Archive that aims to prevent them from lending ebooks.

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    • Hachette v. Internet Archive | Electronic Frontier Foundation
    — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with co-counsel Durie Tangri, is defending  the Internet Archive against a lawsuit that threatens its Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program.
  • What Does the Blockbuster Antitrust Trial Against Penguin Random House Mean for the Future of Libraries? - Internet Archive Blogs
    • — The publishing industry is large and powerful—by some accounts, it generates nearly $100 billion in revenue worldwide. The United States Department of Justice has accused big publishers of abusing that power in the past, by conspiring with each other to raise the price of e-books. More recently, Penguin Random House has been in the legal crosshairs for an alleged abuse of power, as the Justice Department sues to stop its proposed (and allegedly anticompetitive) acquisition of Simon & Schuster. 
  • Internet Archive Opposes Publishers in Federal Lawsuit - Internet Archive Blogs
    • — On Friday, September 2, we filed a brief in opposition to the four publishers that sued Internet Archive in June 2020: Hachette Book Group, Harper Collins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House. This is the second of three briefs from us that will help the Court decide the case.
  • The Future of Online Lending: A Discussion of Controlled Digital Lending and Hachette with the Internet Archive | Berkman Klein Center
    • — The Internet Archive offers Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), where it lends digital copies of books to patrons — but ensures that the number of books owned is equal to the number loaned. Through the Open Library, the Internet Archive aims to “make all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world.”
  • Mike Masnick on Twitter: "Shit. I wish the vaccine came with 5G internet access..." / Twitter
    • 37 min
  • Episode 125: Apple Update

    Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman discuss Apple's latest updates, the end of an era, neighborhoods, and more.

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    • Apple Events - Apple
  • Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication | WIRED
    • — Apple’s iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It’s only the beginning.
    32 min
  • Episode 124: DWeb Camp

    Katherine Druckman talks to Doc Searls about his Decentralized Web Camp experience.

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    • DWeb Camp
    — Set in the beautiful redwoods near the Mendocino coast of California, DWeb Camp is a five-day retreat for builders and dreamers, to gather in nature to tackle the real world challenges facing the web and to co-create the decentralized technologies of the future.
  • DWeb Camp
    • — Set in the beautiful redwoods near the Mendocino coast of California, DWeb Camp is a five-day retreat for builders and dreamers, to gather in nature to tackle the real world challenges facing the web and to co-create the decentralized technologies of the future.
    37 min
  • Episode 123: Open Source Home Automation with Home Assistant

    Katherine Druckman talks to Shawn Powers about home automation using a combination of open source software and proprietary devices using Home Assistant.

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    • Home Assistant
    — Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
  • Ubiquiti - Rethinking IT
    • — A true multi-application network operating system
  • Nabu Casa
    • — We successfully crowdfunded Home Assistant Yellow, the easiest way to get started with Home Assistant.
    53 min
  • Episode 122: Health Data and Human Rights

    Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Adrian Gropper, CTO of Patient Privacy Rights, about health data and human rights, delegating patient agency, and health data standards.

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    • Patient Privacy Rights
    — Patient Privacy Rights’ purpose is to honor and empower the individual’s right to privacy through personal control of health information wherever such information is collected and used. We educate, collaborate and partner with people to ensure privacy in law, policy, technology, and maximize the benefits from the use of personal health information with consent.
  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Zuboff, Shoshana: 9781610395694: Amazon.com: Books
    • — The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.
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  • Episode 121: Who Really Owns Your Car?

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin of Purism about the data cars collect, where it goes, and how we’re really just driving around in a smart phone that we don’t even own.

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    • Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car? – The Markup
    — A firehose of sensitive data from your vehicle is flowing to a group of companies you’ve probably never heard of
  • I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. - The New York Times
    • — Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients. Here’s how to get a copy of what they have on you.
  • Locked In A Remote Control Car – Purism
    • — It’s rare to find modern technology that’s actually on your side. For the most part when technology advances today, new features are less for your benefit, and more to benefit the company that made them.
  • Tesla Removes About 80 Miles Of Customer's Available Battery Capacity Via Software Restriction
    • — Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has some of the most advanced cars on the planet. Software updates allow new features to be added for free, such as better performance or enhanced safety features. But having a car that is dominated by software can have its drawbacks, too.
  • Ford, GM Push Harder to Stop New Car Flipping and Price Gouging
    • — Some dealers are overpricing such popular cars and trucks as the Ford F-150 Lightning and Chevy Corvette Z06, but the automakers are cracking down.
  • In-car monitoring: Surveillance tech will make your car less private - CNET
    • — Everything you do in your car may soon be noticed.
  • How your car is spying on you | Daily Mail Online
    • — Experts have revealed the myriad ways that your car can spy on your personal habits.
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