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b'Cold open: The Ballot or the Bullet\\n\\nSo obviously this was recorded before the election, but our topic for this week\\u2019s episode is the exact analysis you need to understand how something like Prop 22 could pass in a landslide. We dive into the rise of smart/platform urbanism by guiding you through the urbanization of technology capital over three phases, each one grabbing more power: oversight of city governance, operation of city services, and ownership of city space.\\n\\nThis episode builds on two academic articles Jathan recently wrote on platform urbanism. Here\\u2019s paywalled links, which you can unlock by plugging the links into https://scihub.wikicn.top/\\n\\u2022 Cyberspace and Cityscapes: On the Emergence of Platform Urbanism https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2020.1721055?journalCode=rurb20\\n\\u2022 Who Owns the Future City? Phases of Technological Urbanism and Shifts in Sovereignty https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0042098020913427\\n\\nSubscribe to TMK on Patreon for access to the second part of this episode\\u2014and for premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills\\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).'