What I’m Reading - 4/14/24
This is my last weekend on the Eastern Shore before I head to San Francisco for two weeks. I’ll be working most of the time, but then a friend and I are heading to Stagecoach for the first time. This is a country music festival in Palm Springs, and Eric Church is opening Friday night, so, of course, we had to go.
I’m also starting to write my book this weekend. Back in Fall of 2021, I wrote the introduction and first chapter here at the shore, and now I’m picking it back up again. The book is a look back over the last twenty years of how technology has impacted elections and politics, with my own stories woven throughout. Chapter one covers the years 1996-2004, and the next chapter will be 2005-2010. I might break this into two separate chapters, but we’ll see.
(I admit I TRIED to write the second chapter this weekend. I did a lot of research, but I also procrastinated. I don’t know what I was thinking that I’d just be able to sit down and start writing like it was this newsletter. 😆)
Also, for my podcast on April 25th, I will do a grab bag to answer questions people have asked me. If you have a question or are interested in me talking about something, let me know by responding to this email or leaving a comment!
Finally, last Fall I recorded an interview for the Federalist Society on jawboning - this is when the government tries to get organizations to do something under the threat that if they don’t the government will take action against them, like regulating them. They got creative in telling the back story behind all of this, as you can see in the poster:
Also, don’t forget we're hiring at Duco! Let me know if you have any questions about any of these roles:
Tech Policy Manager: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3878354672/
Tech Policy Senior Associate: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3876922556/
Senior Director, Digital Threats & Intelligence: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3872799505/
Business Lead: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3873101190/
Business Assistant: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3873100124/
Tech Policy Associate: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3867554842/
Finally, the R Street Institute is hiring and looking for a Policy Director, Technology and Innovation.
Have a great Sunday! I’ll be taking my annual nap while watching the Masters. Someday I want to create a sleep app where you can listen to old sports broadcasts of golf and baseball.
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What I’m Reading
Democracy Reporting International: Are Chatbots misinforming us about the European Elections? Yes.
New York Times: Axios Sees A.I. Coming, and Shifts Its Strategy
Foreign Policy: The India issue
Covertly Yours: Election Integrity in India: an American Dream Turning Into a Digital Nightmare
Foreign Policy: How U.S. Pressure Helped Save Brazil's Democracy
Rest of World: Why Elon Musk is fighting with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil
Brazilian Report: Brazil's Supreme Court puts Elon Musk under investigation
New York Times: Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall.
Fox News: Trump campaign demands Biden debate him 'much earlier' and more often
ABC News: Major media organizations urge Biden and Trump to debate
Axios: Google who? Gen Z is searching on TikTok, YouTube instead
Morning Consult: What Drives TikTok’s Power Users
Washington Post: This is the most consequential technology in America
NPR: The government announced winners of a contest to tell real voices from deepfake audio
Washington Post: Content creators ask Meta to reverse politics limits on Instagram, Threads
The Independent: Meta’s political content policy ‘risks undermining democratic engagement’
Innovating News: Most "Fake News" Legislation Risks Doing More Harm Than Good Amid a Record Number of Elections in 2024
Open Future: Towards a Books Data Commons for AI Training
The Guardian: India and Pakistan tried to meddle in Canada elections, spy agency says
Axios: Behind the Curtain: America's reality distortion machine
Bipartisan Policy Center: Election Official Turnover Rates from 2000-2024
Washington Post: Hundreds of groups urge Big Tech CEOs to step up fight against AI-fueled lies
Bloomberg: Meta Downplays AI Disinformation Threat in Big Election Year
Future Media: OpenAI resorts to scraping YouTube as AI careens towards model collapse
NPR: From NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher: Thoughts on our mission and our work
Semafor: Six trends in AI shaping corporate America this year
Google: Google Cloud Next 2024 wrap up
Hugging Face: Public Policy at Hugging Face
Meta: How Meta Is Preparing for the 2024 South African Elections
Washington Post: Gen Z workers can take criticism. You're just phrasing it wrong.
Business Insider: Adam Neumann opens up about his billion-dollar plan to transform apartment living and explains why he wants to buy back WeWork
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