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@ZebraRoseSub @girlonthenet Thank you for saying that. It's admittedly balancing on the edge. Also, hard agree about 'people are assholes'. Uber's God View came up in conversation this morning.
buzzfeednews.com/article/johana…
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@ZebraRoseSub @girlonthenet I'm aware of the obvious problematic aspects of a tool like this and have made an attempt at addressing them, and outlining my reasoning, in this post: medium.com/@axbom/why-i-b…
Trying to make people aware that geolocation is happening in the photo library of Average Jo's phone.
@ZebraRoseSub @girlonthenet In essence, yes it is a big problem that Average Jo has this power in any phone they use, and that most senders of pics are unaware that their photos contain this data.
Obviously no cause for celebration but it feels like I should commemorate 70,000 uploads to @DickPicLocator in some way…
A milestone that seems to be happening within a day or two…
Also reminding people to read my companion post to understand the complexity of the problem that I wish to highlight with this site:
medium.com/@axbom/why-i-b…
Also: "Just as people trust their car manufacturer and mechanic to ensure that their car is safe for road travel, they tend to trust that somebody won’t sell them a phone that isn’t safe for Internet travel."
axbom.blog/gps-photos/
We also produced an episode of @uxpodcast around this:
uxpodcast.com/166-oblivious-…
I was just alerted that I'm quoted in this article on the criminalization of unsolicited sexts. DickPicLocator
is always an attention-grabber for news outlets.
(Close to 70,000 uploads now)
https://amp.dw.com/en/in-finland-sexting-could-become-a-crime/a-55403668?__twitter_impression=true
I was just alerted that I'm quoted in this article on the criminalization of unsolicited sexts. The old @DickPicLocator is always an attention-grabber for news outlets.
(Close to 70,000 uploads now)
dw.com/en/in-finland-…
This deserves a retweet now and then. x.com/chadloder/stat…
↪ Replying to @MissIG_Geek
@MissIG_Geek @theladykathryn Reminded of Uber's God View.
theguardian.com/technology/201…
Note that this is a story about a charity acknowledging that their decades-long good-intent practices have been harmful to the cause they are founded and designed to support.
It can take a long time for benevolent-minded people to start listening. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…
"The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app does not work for hundreds of thousands of people in England and Wales whose phones are set to unsupported languages, including French, Spanish and Portuguese."
They just see a blank screen… theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
Food allergies: when search UX becomes dangerous by @annaecook in @uxdesigncc uxdesign.cc/food-allergies…
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@rikardlinde @plannero @dekaminski Intressant! Vem sätter up svensk instans? Eller finns det :)
Awesome work Alexander!
15 years ago I read about nuclear waste warning messages. These messages need to be understood more than 10,000 years in the future, to prevent beings from accessing repositories and dying. It's a good design studio exercise and may make you feel differently about nuclear power.
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@seocharles @iamdavidobrien @romankrznaric I believe many are adopting long-term thinking simply out of the realization that it is necessary. As exemplified in the comments, long-term storage of nuclear waste and climate change already requires it.
As a member of The Long Now Foundation, I always advocate for it :)
One of our most dangerous misconceptions are metrics gauging 'success' in the short term.
In long-term thinking we can recognize short-term 'loss' as stepping stones to long-term win. We can refrain, learn, endure, appreciate - become resilient, wiser, stronger, compassionate.
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@iamdavidobrien @seocharles @romankrznaric @MrAlanCooper Love this.
↪ Replying to @iamdavidobrien
@iamdavidobrien @seocharles Yes. Long-term survival. Generational thinking. Cathedral thinking. Assuming responsibility. Humility towards our own limits. A vision of something deeper.
This is a good starting point essay by @romankrznaric: medium.com/the-long-now-f…
↪ Replying to @tsvenson
@tsvenson Exactly, the same thinking should ideally apply to all aspects of work.
How thinking can change if, instead of 5-year plans, we pursue 105-year plans.
No, that's not a typo.
If we want to hold ourselves accountable for our actions, those are conversations we should be having.
Reading: Do you own your own face? - Resilience resilience.org/stories/2020-1…
