Just finished @pluralistic 's new, highly readable book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI:"

The main point I take away from this is that the "magnificent seven" are all mature companies, that need a growth stories like a start-up to justify the enormous stock prices. But if one is already a giant, multi-billion $ company, exponential growth is virtually impossible (not to mention, world-destroying) and requires ever more outlandish claims. To deflate these claims in the most powerful vector of critique.

The second point, which is kind of a classic, is not to ask what a technology "is" or "could do", but to ask who does it do it for and who does it do it to. In other words, it's not technical capacities, but social relations that determine the social impact of a product