Talking about Platforms

From early platforms to cloud empires with Vili Lehdonvirta

Dec 7, 2022

56:30

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The Evil Man Theory Is Too Simplistic

03:15

Modern Co-Ops Are Good, but They've Never Become the Mainstream

01:21

What Platforms Like Upwork Did Over Time?

05:39

Introduction

5min

Is There Room for Another Book About Platforms?

3min

Is There a Similarity Between a Platform and a Government?

4min

Book Review - Cloud Empires

4min

Is the Internet a Platform for Change?

3min

Is There a Selection Effect or Something Like That With Ross Old Brick?

5min

The Evil Man Theory Is Too Simplistic

3min

What Platforms Like Upwork Did Over Time?

6min

How Do We Get From a Patchwork of Institutions to a National State Model?

3min

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Platforms

5min

11.

What Matters Is Not the Size of Your Global Network Effects

3min

12.

Blockchain and the Decentralized Enforcement of the Rules

5min

13.

Modern Co-Ops Are Good, but They've Never Become the Mainstream

1min

14.

What Are You Working on in the World of Platforms?

5min

15.

Talking About Platforms - Part 2

2min

How digital platforms are overtaking the state and how we can regain control

Vili's bio: Vili Lehdonvirta is a Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His research examines how digital technologies are used to reshape the organization of economic activities in society, from gig platforms to online marketplaces and virtual currencies to crowdfunding.

Link to the book, Cloud Empires: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047227/cloud-empires/

Vili's website at the OII: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/vili-lehdonvirta/

Vili at Twitter: @ViliLe

Vili at Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vililehdonvirta/