HTTAY Blog - What's Historian Matt Watching This Week? 10-25-2023
Matt does most of the show prep and post production for our podcast How The Tech Are You, so we thought we might start posting a list of the things he found interesting on YouTube and other video sites!
Obviously last week’s HTTAY on YouTube!
Red banned! Bandcamp in trouble, Google Shields AI Users, Ubuntu 23.10 - HTTAY 65
In this episode:
- California Outlaws Common Red Food Dye
- Google to Shield AI Users from Copyright Claims
- Ubuntu 23.10 released
- Bandcamp lays off appx 50% of their employees
Why Capitalism Loves Fossil Fuels - Our Changing Climate
Our Changing Climate takes a look at the birth of industrial capitalism with the rise of fossil fuels. Why would early industrialists switch to fossil fuels with hydro power being more abundant in the early days of industrial capitalism?
We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism" - Second Thought
Second Thought on authoritarianism, what it means and how we use the word. We can all think of countries with authoritarian regimes, but could the US be just as authoritarian?
The Cult of Productivity - How Money Works
From the description:
"You know you are a lazy person, and there are thousands of people who want to tell you exactly how to fix that. But the truth is, you are probably just fine, and falling too far into the productivity rabbit hole will just make you lazier, more stressed, and poorer than when you started."
Why Studios Are Going To Regret These Strikes - Corey Mandell
Film Courage interviews Corey Mandell in this video. Corey points out how connections made during the strike between the strikers could lead to serious problems for the major studios in the future.
The Crummy Behavior of Under-The-Radar Tech CEOs - SOME MORE NEWS
In this video from Some More News, Cody Johnston talks about all the really bad behavior of pretty much all of the CEOs of major companies.
What Disney Doesn't Want You to Know About VFX Workers - More Perfect Union
From the description:
"When George Lucas first created Star Wars, he used non-union workers to make the VFX-heavy film quickly. But decades later, visual effects workers are still non-union, leading to rampant abuse and turnover. That’s about to change."