I recently added a few more “stories” to my Medium.com webpage, some of which are old and reposted, others saved from dead websites, and some just published there. Here are the “stories” I’ve put up… Read More »My Medium.com webpage
I have another op-ed in the Globe & Mail newspaper. It came out on Friday last week and is about Canada’s new Digital Charter Implementation Act 2020, which was published on 17th November. It’s called… Read More »New Op-ed in Globe & Mail newspaper: “Ottawa’s post-hoc privacy plan still leaves the power with Big Tech”
I was interviewed by Ulrich Gehmann, Michael Johansson, and Flora Loughridge for the Ideal Spaces Podcast on the topic of “Managed Spaces” (Episode 2). It covered topics like the assetization of housing, neoliberalism, digital capitalism,… Read More »“Managed Spaces” by the Ideal Spaces Podcast
Science as Culture (SaC) Forum on “Big Tech” Forum Editor: Kean Birch Big Tech is in the spotlight. Usually defined as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google/Alphabet, and Facebook, “Big Tech” has become a watchword for corporate… Read More »Call for Papers – SaC Forum on “Big Tech”
I had another oped in Toronto Star newspaper last week, again about final findings and report produced from the US Congressional Hearing on Antitrust and ‘Big Tech’. My oped is specifically about how Canada should… Read More »3rd Op-ed in Toronto Star newspaper: “This is how Canada should deal with Big Tech”
I’ve got another oped in the Toronto Star newspaper today. It’s about the US Congressional Hearing on Antitrust and ‘Big Tech’, which was held on 29th July 2020 and is well worth a watch to… Read More »2nd Op-ed in Toronto Star newspaper: “What can Canada learn from the US Congressional hearing on Big Tech monopolies?”
Fabian Muniesa and I have a new co-edited book out from MIT Press in the next few months. It’s full of awesome research by people as obsessed with assets as I am – well, maybe… Read More »New book! “Assetization – Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism”
Here’s my first oped in the Toronto Star newspaper, one of Canada’s best selling dailies. My piece is largely a response to an article by Gillian Hadfield – see here – in which she promotes… Read More »Op-ed in Toronto Star newspaper
My fifth oped in Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper. Again, it hit a bit of a nerve, probably because it’s about house prices and everyone seems to love talking about house prices. My focus this… Read More »5th Op-ed in Globe & Mail newspaper
This is my fourth oped in Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper. It seemed to hit a nerve because it has over 200 comments – my other opeds have topped out around 10, I think. The… Read More »4th Op-ed in Globe & Mail newspaper