in "contactless" delivery, in on-demand workforces - the goal is to turn humans *into* machines.
There is blood in the machine, Merchant tells us, whether its humans being torn apart *by* a machine, or humans being transformed into machines.
Brian and I are having a joint book-launch tomorrow night (Sept 27) at #ChevaliersBooks in #LosAngeles for my new book *The Internet Con* and his new book, *Blood in the Machine*:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-blood-in-the-machine-by-brian-merchant-tickets-696349940417
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