The Age of the Superplatform

The big tech firms are superplatforms, and will resist being broken up. But what are superplatforms, and what can be done about them?

Stuart Mills
Nov 5 · 7 min read

There are increasing calls to break up big tech companies. Many candidates for the Democratic nomination for President, as well as the president himself, have either suggested or advocated such

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Behavioural Economist, PhD researcher. Rational actor on the weekends. twitter.com/stuart_mmills

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