FTC Chair Lina Khan yog kev cia siab tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm kev muaj tiag. Hloov pauv kev lag luam yeeb yaj kiab yog qhov tseeb. Nws yog ib qho kev ceeb toom tas mus li los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom, cov thawj coj thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam ntawm qhov nyuaj heev nws yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev lag luam. Kev hloov ntau dhau ua rau tom kawg yog qhov kev txiav txim siab siab. Khan yuav tsum xyuam xim.
Hloov chaw, nws tam sim no nyuaj ntawm kev ua haujlwm sim los thaiv Meta (Facebook's) tau los ntawm virtual kev muaj tiag pib hauv. Raws li Khan, yog tias tom kawg ua tiav, Meta yuav yog "ib kauj ruam ze rau nws lub hom phiaj kawg ntawm kev muaj tag nrho 'Metaverse." Yog tias tsuas yog Khan tuaj yeem pom qhov txwv tsis pub tshaj ntawm nws txoj kev paub. Qhov nws tsis paub yog tias Mark Zuckerberg thiab cov zoo li nws yuav muab txhua yam kom muaj txawm tias ib feem ntawm nws qhov kev lees paub txog yav tom ntej. Tam sim no lawv pom tseeb tsis muaj kev paub no.
Uas piav qhia txog billions txhua xyoo hauv kev yuav los ntawm titans ntawm tech rau lub caij no. Tam sim no yog italicized precisely vim hais tias dominance nyob rau hauv tej kev lag luam dynamic yog los ntawm nws lub npe heev lub tswv yim ephemeral. Uas piav qhia txhua qhov kev yuav khoom, suav nrog Meta's xav-yuav khoom ntawm Hauv. Tsis paub meej txog dab tsi yav tom ntej yuav yog, niaj hnub no cov neeg loj heev nrhiav txhua yam kev nqis peev uas paub meej tias feem ntau yuav tsis txi txiv.
Lawv yeej tsis muaj kev xaiv, thiab lawv tsis yog vim hais tias mus rau paraphrase George Will, tag kis hauv kev lag luam yog lwm lub tebchaws. Txhua tus Zuckerberg et al paub yog tias stasis yog txoj hauv kev rau qee yam kev tsis txaus ntseeg. Qhov no yog qhov tseeb, lawv nrhiav kub taub hau rau yam tom ntej.
Khan tsis zoo li xav tias yav tom ntej yog opaque. Supposedly Meta qhov tau txais ntawm Tsis pub dhau yuav tso Meta ua tus tseem ceeb hauv lub neej yav tom ntej uas Khan pom meej meej. Nws faux arrogance yog astounding. Nws yuav txawj ntse kom tau tawm ntau dua, thiab ua li ntawd, saib nws tus kheej li cas tsis paub tseeb yog lub neej ntawm kev lag luam. Los yog nws tsuas yog mus ua yeeb yaj kiab xwb. Lawv feem ntau pom tias nws nyuaj npaum li cas los tuav qhov twg mus.
Xav txog Damian Chazelle zaj yeeb yaj kiab zoo heev, Babylon. Saib rov qab ntawm kev lag luam yeeb yaj kiab hauv xyoo 1920, Chazelle qhov tseeb qhia peb tias kev tsis paub meej txog yav tom ntej thiab qhov uas cov pej xeem xav tau yog ib qho mus ib txhis. Nyob rau xyoo 1920, cov lus nug yog seb cov yeeb yaj kiab uas ntsiag to uas tau ua rau kev lag luam zoo yuav ua li cas ntxiv. Los yog cov neeg saib puas nyiam hnov lub suab ntawm kev lag luam cov hnub qub?
Nws yog qhov yooj yim heev los xaus ze li 100 xyoo tom qab ntawd cov lus teb hais txog kev txav ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab ntsiag to mus rau "talkies" yog qhov yooj yim heev, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis muaj tseeb thaum lub sijhawm. Ib zaug ntxiv, kev lag luam uas ntsiag to-zaj duab xis tau nthuav dav hauv nruab nrab-1920s. Puas yog kev lag luam ua tiav txhua yam ntawm "paub koj cov neeg siv khoom," thiab muab koj cov neeg siv khoom xav tau? Khan yuav zoo li hais tias yog rau ob lo lus nug, uas pab piav qhia vim li cas nws yog cov lus pov thawj pob taws khaus ntawm sab xis uas tsis muaj qhov kawg tau txais txoj hauv kev, tsis zoo li cov neeg uas koom nrog kev xav txog dab tsi tom ntej.
Contra Khan, kev ua lag luam muaj tseeb tsis yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev muab cov neeg siv khoom lawv xav tau, lossis tiag tiag txawm paub lawv. Raws li pov thawj los ntawm yuav ua li cas cov yeeb yaj kiab kev lag luam boomed nyob rau hauv lub ntsiag to era, filmgoers tau txaus siab rau cov xwm txheej quo. Hauv Babylon, qhov zoo tshaj plaws Brad Pitt's "Jack Conrad" yog qhov kev lag luam ntsiag to zaj duab xis lub hnub qub uas tsis muaj kev sib tw. Box office kub. Tag nrho cov ntawd. Kev lag luam tsis tuaj yeem caij nws mus rau bulging profits mus txog thaum so haujlwm? Tsis muaj.
Los ntawm kev hais lus xaiv poj huab tais Elinor St. John (ua si zoo heev los ntawm Jean Smart) peb kawm tau dab tsi Conrad yuav nkag siab txog txoj kev nyuaj; tias cov neeg ua yeeb yam yog qhov kawg sib hloov. Conrad tus cwj pwm zoo li ib nrab nkag siab qhov no tau muab nws puag ntawm kev nce qib, thiab nws qhov kev txiav txim rau Manny Torres (Diego Calva) mus saib Jazz Singer nyob rau hauv tus kheej kom paub seb puas muaj ib yam dab tsi rau cov "talkies." Nws hloov tawm muaj, tsuas yog rau cov neeg tuaj saib pom Conrad cia luag luag hauv daim ntawv tshiab ntawm kev ua yeeb yaj kiab.
Qhov kev hloov kho kuj ua pov thawj nyuaj rau Nellie LaRoy, ua si zoo heev los ntawm Margot Robbie. Nws lub xub ntiag tsuas yog ua rau nws lub hnub qub tsis muaj suab, tab sis tom qab ntawd hloov pauv tsuas yog qhov tsis tu ncua hauv kev lag luam tiag. LaRoy, zoo li Conrad, tsis haum rau yam tom ntej. Saib cov yeeb yaj kiab kom pom tias txhua yam ua tau zoo li cas, tab sis qhov tseem ceeb tshaj yog rau Khan kom haus dej tob ntawm zaj dab neeg hais los ntawm Chazelle. Yog tias muaj, nws yuav pom tias nws tsis xav tau nws txoj cai tswjfwm yav tom ntej.
Nws tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov nws xav tau, tsuas yog vim nws yuav tsis ua haujlwm ntawm FTC yog tias nws muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg txog kev tswj hwm yav tom ntej. Txhua yam uas Khan tuaj yeem ua tau qeeb rau kev tsim kev paub los ntawm kev thaiv cov kev ua tsis zoo ntawm cov neeg muaj peev xwm tsim tau.
Cov lag luam ua tau zoo tsis ntau txaus rau cov neeg siv khoom raws li lawv ua lawv. Lina Khan tab tom ua rau cov neeg aggressively tsim cov ntaub ntawv uas yuav pom kev rau tag kis cov thawj coj.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2022/12/27/damian-chazelles-brilliant-babylon-should-be-required-viewing-for-lina-khan/