I just bought two. The Intention Economy, which lists at $27 and has been sold at that price or close to it by Amazon since the book came out, is now just $13.93 for the hardcover. That's cheaper than the Kindle edition (also discounted) and the audio version (with my own voice, btw).
Coerced Consent. The Dishonesty of Our 'Informed Consent' Rituals, by Matt Bivins, M.D., unpacks one more shitty thing we'll need to unfuck after the Great Insanity abates.
And now roosting on the roof of Netflix. We need to stop believing that companies that service and spy on us—even those to which we give conscious permission to observe everything we do—"know us better than we know ourselves." They don't. None of us are that simple or predictable. Whitman:
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then. I contradict myself.
I am large. I contain multitudes.
We got off Netflix a few years ago because it assumed I was Spanish, and the staff there couldn't correct the error, even after a long conversation with their tech support team. Seriously. They were that f'd up. But then we got back on a few months ago, paying the full $25+ per month to avoid the ads. Before we could begin watching, the preference engine that greets new customers "helped" by forcing me to select three movies that I liked from a long table of movie names and poster thumbnails. While I have seen a zillion movies in my life, I hadn't seen any of these. So I picked three anyway because I had to. Since then we've watched a bunch of movies, and ALL the movies Netflix recommends are ones we probably won't bother to see.
I bring all this up because this morning Netflix sent me an email promoting Live Event. Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3. I never watch fights, because they turn me off. Maybe it's sexist of me to especially dislike fights between women, but I do. Color me old. Whitman again:
The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me.
He complains of my gab and my loitering.
I too am not a bit tamed. I too am untranslatable.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
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