John Tinnell, PhD

Dr.Tinnell is Director of Digital Studies and an English Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. He is author of Actionable Media: Digital Communication Beyond the Desktop, and Augmented Reality: Innovative Perspectives across Art, Industry, and Academia.

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Commentary: Scooters Another Sign of Big Tech Colonizing Public Spaces

By John Tinnell, PhD | Jul 24, 2019 | 19 Comments

Big Tech companies like Uber, Airbnb — and now scooter providers — aim to satisfy their customers with little regard for how their businesses affect our cities’ ecosystems. With new technologies like delivery drones and robots on the way, scooters may well be the Trojan Horse with which big tech colonizes the world’s public space.