Episode 58: Tethered Cretins

This week, Doug and Dai discuss the new UK Prime Minister, the development of We Are Open Co-op, digital strategy, the future of work, unpleasant design, blockchain, Pokémon Go, killer robots, akrasia, willpower, and more!

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Intro

• One more step (Dai)
• Lenovo K5 smartphone
• Amazon Fire Tablet Kids Edition
• OnePlus 3
• Nokia Z Launcher

Education

• Politicians, stop squabbling about education and agree a long-term plan
• What schools can learn from the unschooling movement
• Pokemon Go syllabus
• Pokemon Go 30 day arbitration window
• 20 ways to use a tablet in the classroom
• Why can’t we remember our early childhood?

Technology

• Peak Indifference
• Facetiming the Coup
• Datagasm
• DWP benefit Blockchain trial slammed by digital experts
• Blockchain and benefits — a dangerous mix?
• In the future you will own nothing and have access to everything
• From tethered capitalism to tethered communism?
• 5 most-read stories about open organizations over the past year
• Buffer — Salary checker
• Lawd
• PomBot
• Atavist

Misc.

• How Britain has been kept safe for a decade
• Culturally Constructed Ignorance Wins The Day
• Thoreau on Hard Work, the Myth of Productivity, and the True Measure of Meaningful Labor
• Turning your anxiety into excitement
• Paul Jarvis: Podcast challenge update
• Passport Index
• Tech Gypsies Podcast

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