Archive - venturecommune

Tech oligarchs want AI friends for you, not them

The ruling class hoards human connection like they hoard everything else

Jun 3 •

Jason Barrett Prado

March 2024

TikTok's seizure is a lesson in modern capitalism

The neoliberal state exists not to promote 'free markets'

Mar 16, 2024 •

Jason Barrett Prado

March 2023

The problem with AI misalignment

A new art installation in the Mission gives the misalignment problem a physical address

Mar 2, 2023 •

Jason Barrett Prado

November 2021

DAOs are interesting, likely, and terrifying

DAOs may be a natural fit for open source product development in platform cooperatives. They're also a great fit for really bad things.

Nov 28, 2021 •

Jason Barrett Prado

June 2021

go where workers are and organize with them

attempting to find my place in struggle

Jun 21, 2021 •

Jason Barrett Prado

December 2020

A lockdown-based approach to online misinformation

Envisioning an effective social platform oversight board

Dec 5, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

October 2020

Thinking with class

Understanding how California Prop 22 was constructed

Oct 16, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

September 2020

Robustness in a time of collapse

How I'm changing and adapting as I am closer to chaos.

Sep 15, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

July 2020

Every Blockbuster is a policy failure

The top companies in tech don't trust markets. Why do we?

Jul 26, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

TikTok: American Capitalists vs Chinese Capitalists

Whoever wins, we lose

Jul 15, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

June 2020

Cops under capitalism, abolition, and police unions

Jun 24, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

May 2020

Work-from-home will shift power from workers to owners

And examining the role of capital, investors, and founders in shaping the future of technology

May 23, 2020 •

Jason Barrett Prado

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