Work-from-home will shift power from workers to owners
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And examining the role of capital, investors, and founders in shaping the future of technology
Today I’m going to try to tie together a few concepts to try and understand the sudden shift to remote work in tech, while continuing my series on how my worldview has shifted since becoming a socialist. At the end I try and develop an understanding of how capitalists influence the kind of technology that gets developed, not always to the users’ benefit. And by the way, thanks to the Twink Revolution podcast for having me on this week to bullshit about tech and DSA. There are a lot of silver linings to the collapse of the Bay Area as the all-but-sole tech hub of the world: spreading the…
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