Plenty of cities boast their tech bonafides. Amazon’s HQ2 list for example, mapped the top 20 tech hotspots across North America — from California to Tennessee to Massachusetts. The process attracted 238 proposals in total. Tech is a broad umbrella, and unsurprisingly each city tends to specialise in an aspect of tech or two. This... Continue Reading →
“If a worker falls behind [their productivity target], they are subject to disciplinary action. In many warehouses, termination is an automated process… irrespective of the personal circumstances that led to their “mistakes.”” AINOW’s 2019 Report reads like a series of IRL Black Mirror episodes. Citing examples from “AI-enabled management of workers, to algorithmic determinations of benefits and social services, to... Continue Reading →
At its peak, Nortel accounted for about a third of the value of the Toronto Stock Exchange, employing nearly 100 thousand people worldwide. The telco manufacturer was enormously important for the innovation system, accounting for more than a third of Canada’s total BERD (Business Expenditure on R&D). Rocked by scandal, the Toronto based company came... Continue Reading →
TALES FROM THE LONG TAIL 