Miles Reads: A mixtape

Books, articles, videos, music and quotes that influence and inspire the music of Miles Recommends. 

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“I tried to warn them, I tried for years, but they didn’t listen.“

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Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?

Companies scrutinise our online likes, dislikes, searches and purchases to produce data that can be used commercially. And it's often done without us understanding the full extent of the surveillance.

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Commercial radio should play at least 25% Australian music, inquiry told

Parliamentary report calls for boost to Australian music quotas during peak times as well as simpler rules around local content

Low radio quotas for Aussie music means we all lose - Nova, Triple M, Gold, etc...be better, do better.

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Is the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma using AI to create dystopian cities? | Alfie Bown

News that Ma is a member of Communist party of China should set alarm bells ringing, says author Alfie Bown

The future is nigh...

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The Robots Are Coming To Las Vegas

Hotels and casinos are turning more and more to technology, and according to one estimate, the city could lose up to two-thirds of its jobs to automation by 2035.

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Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)

Official audio for Whitey On the Moon by Gil Scott-Heron, released on Ace Records. Subscribe to the official Ace channel for more classics, lost gems, playli...

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Thom Yorke (Radiohead) - Hands off the Antarctic (Greenpeace Exclusive)

The newest track from Thom Yorke (of Radiohead fame) is a Greenpeace exclusive. Hit full-screen and enjoy ‘Hands off the Antarctic’ - with stunning footage f...

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Barbara Kruger’s iconic piece, Untitled (Questions), was reinstalled this week at MOCA.

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Ed Sheeran paid more U.K. tax last year than Starbucks or Amazon

But the artist still made less than either global corporation.

Fill under “bullshit“

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My book Show Your Work! was an attempt to answer questions my readers had asked me about self-promotion: “How do I get my stuff out there? How do I get noticed?

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How Facial Recognition Tech Could Tear Us Apart – Future Human – Medium

Facial recognition could someday let us identify every face in a crowd. This could make us safer, or a lot more endangered, according to researcher Judith Donath.