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Getting real about technology…

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People are saying you're the product. I believe that's a bit too simplistic. I think Jaron Lanier nails it:

"It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your behavior and perception that is the product."

It's about autonomy.

(Yes I'm watching @SocialDilemma_ )

Reminded of the quote "The best way to predict the future is to create it."

Tim Kendall: "It's plain as day to me. These services are killing people. And causing people to kill themselves."

(former President of Pinterest, former Director of Monetization at Facebook, former Product Manager at Amazon)

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Good walkthrough by @jeffseibert:

"Simply put, these aspects of today’s global chaos are each a direct, rational result of trying to make money from ads."

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This is a good time to share @mariafarrell's The Prodigal Techbro. conversationalist.org/2020/03/05/the…

This piece by @gleemie and @ruchowdh is also ever timely and relevant.

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Focusing instead on how existing inequalities intersect with technology would have opened up space for a different and more productive conversation.

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Perspective from Safiya Noble: twitter.com/safiyanoble/status/130…

Alternative trailer… 😬 twitter.com/rachelwenitsky/status/…

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Ooooh, time to pay taxes!

Free university, social insurance, 480 days parental benefit per child, universal healthcare, free dental until 23yo. It’s not perfect - never will be - but it’s a good direction. Paying taxes is cool. 😎

Reminded of my late mother-in-law getting a call from a company offering to help her with tax avoidance techniques. Her response: “No thank you, I love paying taxes.” And hung up (which at that time was a more embodied experience of slamming a handset down on a switch hook).

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'Taking many forms — from violent threats and digital surveillance to sexual harassment and the sharing of intimate images without permission — online abuse can have a devastating mental and physical toll on women and girls.' x.com/webfoundation/…

As abuse skyrockets, platforms are less and less able to deal with reports, and "social media moderators have been sent home, making content moderation more dependent on imperfect artificial intelligence tools. "We have fewer people available to review reports" says Instagram.

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