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Ukrainian Kill-Switched Tractors, Pretend Meat, Cannabis, Floating Nuclear Reactors, and Sam Harris
The top 5 articles I’ve read on Medium this week
3 min readMay 13, 2022
Cory Doctorow: About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors
This is a fascinating look into how big tech can control the devices you think you own.
There is a saying:
If you’re not paying for the product, you ARE the product.
But it turns out that, even when you have paid for something, you might still be the product. Many modern products gather data, which the company then sells. And they can have ultimate control over the product, for example, by not allowing you to repair it yourself.
Alastair Williams: The Way We Eat Is About to Change Forever
A fascinating look into the issues surrounding lab-grown meat.
