Computer Says Maybe

Worker Power & Big Tech Bossmen w/ David Seligman (replay)


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Litigator David Seligman describes how big tech companies act brazenly as legal bullies to extract wealth and power from the working class in the US.

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We’re replaying five deep conversations over the Christmas period for you to listen to on your travels and downtime — please enjoy!

Alix and David talk about legal devices such as forced arbitration and monopolistic practices like algorithmic price fixing and wage suppression — and the cases that David’s team are bringing to fight these practices

Further reading & resources

  • Seligman for Attorney General Colorado
  • Towards Justice California drivers lawsuit
  • Eichman in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banal State of Evil by Hannah Arendt
  • The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel
  • Prohibiting Surveillance Prices and Wages by Towards Justice
  • Gill VS Uber — class action led by Towards Justice

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