https://lookslikenew.net The show that asks old questions about new technology, produced by the Media Economies Design Lab at CU Boulder. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 02:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lookslikenew.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LooksLikeNew-5-150x150.png https://lookslikenew.net 32 32 https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/looks-like-new-can-networks-liberate-work/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 01:00:29 +0000 https://news.kgnu.org/?p=37929 ]]> There is a kind of dream out there that, once we get the gizmos set up just right, work will be transformed. While many speculate about this, Kevin Owocki, founder of the Colorado-based startup Gitcoin, is in the thick of it. Not only is Gitcoin trying to create a new way for software developers to get paid, it is using blockchain technology to re-imagine how we steward and fund freely available public goods.

]]> https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/looks-like-new-can-business-account-for-care-work/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:53:15 +0000 https://news.kgnu.org/?p=37401 ]]> This month, Spanish activist Stacco Troncoso and his collaborators released the DisCO Manifesto (disco.coop), which proposes a new model for organizations that account for the care work that supports workers and their communities. In this conversation, he explains how the model works and how it challenges norms, both in familiar workplaces and in techno-utopian visions. Troncoso is a founding member of the Guerrilla Media Collective, which is pioneering the DisCO concept.

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