Per Axbom

My company Christmas donation this year will go to three organizations. First out is @FreetheSlaves who are fighting to end the slavery that is still so very real today. They have been fighting for freedom since 2000.

vimeo.com/481529279

I first came across @FreetheSlaves when doing research for my article The Slavery Supported by that Device in Your Pocket:

axbom.blog/the-slavery-be…

The second organization I have chosen is Giving People. They work in Sweden with ongoing support for children in poverty and vulnerable families, a phenomenon and problem too rarely talked about in Sweden but which of course has grown during the pandemic.

givingpeople.se

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No, I do not have to and do not want to review every customer service interaction, every order and subscription. We are humans moving through life and we do not need a point out of 5 for every smile, nod and touch.

Chances are your points are making everything worse, not better.

You forgot to ask, but I give your points system one star out of five.

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The likeliness that I would recommend your points system to a friend is 0, on any scale.

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Law is about control. Ethics is about care. Unlawful is not necessarily unethical. Perhaps more importantly: Lawful is not necessarily ethical.

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One person’s preference for a “pretty” design can never take precedence over another person’s ability to access the content. A person thinking it’s ugly is not the same type of problem as another person not able to read it.

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Hugely relevant question: "Had Facebook existed during the Rwandan genocide, one human rights observer asked, would it have allowed the government-backed Hutu genocidaires to use its platform while banning the rebel Tutsi forces that fought back?"

theguardian.com/technology/201…

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Those who exploit covertly gain the ability to create useful tools overtly. The latter will be used to boost the former. Exploitation becomes easier to hide and the interest to expose weakens. Yet we only move forward by choosing to not benefit from exploitative tools. Catch 22.

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Tell me again, who owns Boston Dynamics now? x.com/axbom/status/9…

Just in case you're not aware...

spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo…

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