So excited to have written for @DissentMag's spring issue! In this piece, I look at the political economy of the Chinese tech sector through the lens of labor and 996.

Musk is gutting the government. I can't think of a better time to share our story about organizing a union at Twitter during Musk’s takeover—and the lessons we learned from witnessing his playbook up close. w/ @Clarissa .

Some scholars have argued that ICT allows services to overcome these limitations. Digitization makes services storable, codifiable, and transferable, allowing the production and consumption of services to be separated. 3/.

Normally, services aren't considered strong growth drivers because they are simultaneously produced and consumed. Baumol's classic example is that it took a string quartet exactly the same amount of time to play a piece in 1965 as it did in 1865. 2/

RT @LizhiLiu4: Thrilled to announce “From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China” is released! (amazon: .

Our new article draws from the recent history of tech worker organizing to argue that workers, if organized, can play an important role in shaping the future of the tech sector. Ty @seyramavle and @perhaxis for inviting us to contribute.

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Excited to share this paper!. The key takeaway is that the workplace is another arena in which AI reproduces existing inequalities: AI-related harms inflicted on gig/low-waged workers remain unresolved at a higher rate than those inflicted on professionals/high-waged workers.

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Awesome to see this work finally in print! Our chapter looks at the role of workers in keeping AI accountable. We draw from the @tech_actions database to develop our theoretical model.

isn't enough. This comparison of DingTalk and Feishu is interesting because it shows that firms are willing to sacrifice their employees' productivity in exchange for control. /9.

Feishu, by contrast, has focused on improving its usability for employees rather than management and has gained a reputation for being the best in terms of its collaborative features and user efficiency. When it comes to SaaS products, however, tools to increase efficiency 8/.

admins can verify that they are physically in the office. At some firms, employees must be within a specific location range or connected to the company WiFi to clock in or out. These features have made DingTalk, by far, the most used workplace collaboration tool in China. 7/.

would be, such as at the doctor or a client meeting. DingTalk’s built-in digital punch card is perhaps its most notorious feature. Managers expect workers to use it to clock in and out of the office. GPS location data is tracked each time an employee clocks in or out so that 6/.

if employees have read sent messages, to ping (or rather “ding”) coworkers for a faster response, and to take attendance. When employees enable location services, which they are often required to do, the app will tell managers if an employee was at the location they said they 5/.