2024-05-26

• I finished off Week 3 of the [[Digital Capitalism online course]].

  • This week the topic was [[Digital colonialism]].
  • With mostly a focus on [[Data colonialism]].
  • In that focus on data I feel perhaps it omits some other colonial practices - such as in mining, manufacture and disposal related to ICT.
  • Still - good stuff.

• Started listening to the masterclass for week 4, on the digital trade agenda.

  • The point about why corporations love trade deals is really enlightening - easy way for them to bypass democratic discussion; lobby to get their way; once a trade deal is made, it's very hard to change.

• Learning about ecology on Kinnu, I realise that it's a great source of ideas for thinking in systems.

  • It's the ultimate system, basically.
  • I think [[The Systems View of Life]] would be about this to some degree.