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MSP is in shameless Star Wars stealing-mode this week. Over the last decade, the forces of Silicon Valley seem to have transformed from information and data disruptors into Final Order-style monopolists. Are the 2020s set to become the battlefield for the Data Wars? [] Show Notes [] This is a good start to a new decade, with you stealing notes from the Star Wars franchise. Xmas holiday Reading about runaway tech Threat to our democracy, freedom. Silicon Valley turning from liberator to demagogue, On the back of it Govts losing control. Rampant surveillance capitalism. So much doom and gloom. They’re are all topics that you’ve spoken about at length on this show. True. Not knocking the truth of these pieces. Or importance of understanding what’s in them. Have to examine the Dark Side. Is that where the Star Wars analogy comes in? Kind of. It’s also a nice way to ease into 2020. If you think of digital tech in the early noughties as being the first rush after the Empire fell. Technology represented peop