Interesting Things on the Internet: December 4th 2017

• The Disruptors. Interesting article about how finance controls the world. The observation that investment funds have effectively created a monopoly layer one level up from firms themselves becoming monopolies is particularly interesting.
• Unapocalyptic Software. I think the article that Tim is responding to was an earlier Interesting Thing on the Internet, and this is a good alternative take.
• Breaking Cliques at Events. Good advice that I need to try harder to heed. I think I do a reasonable job at observing the related Pac-Man rule, but I'm not the best at saying hello to newcomers.
• Toxic experts.
• What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men? This gave me much food for thought.
• At One College, Women Engineers Help Reshape The Machine Shop.
• Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will.
• Tesla Approaches Terminal Decline. Interesting take on how things are going with Tesla.
• Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater.