🔥 🔮 Apple & the megacorps; blockchain blocked; the humanities crisis; the pros of algorithms & ethics of data; esports, coal & robotic hands++ #177

Dept of near future

🍎  The era of mega companies. As Apple passes $1 trillion in market cap, “Apple and Google combined now provide the software for 99% of all smartphones. Facebook and Google take 59 cents of every dollar spent on online advertising in the United States... the so-called labo[u]r share of the economy has been declining in the United Sta…