L. Ron Burnett University of Art by Design

"Since platforms are grounded on the extraction of data and the generation of network effects, certain tendencies emerge from the competitive dynamics of these large platforms: expansion of extraction, positioning as a gatekeeper, convergence of markets, and enclosure of eco-systems. These tendencies then go on to be installed in our economic systems." -- Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, p. 98

Data used to turn False Creek east of Main Street from wetland to flatland came from rocks dug out of the Grandview Cut (or what came to be known as the Grandview Cut) by the Canadian Pacific Railway.