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Platformland

10 min read 14 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A critical exploration of how private tech platforms have become the hidden infrastructure of modern life, and a call to reclaim democratic control over our digital world.

You’ll learn

  • Platforms are digital landlords with infrastructural power
  • Why public digital infrastructure failed in government
  • How network effects create winner-take-all monopolies
  • Regulation, interoperability, and public alternatives as solutions