Notes by Axbom

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Modern day marketing strategy where employees are asked to to post support for their company or a colleague on their personal LinkedIn feeds, and then behind the scenes all employees are told to go like that post.

Are we having fun yet? šŸ˜¬

Imagine being the person called up by your superior, asking why you havenā€™t liked the latest post by a colleague. And that colleague happens to be someone who is inappropriately flirting with you in direct messages. Liking the post could encourage that behaviorā€¦

ā€¦and thatā€™s just one way this goes sideways. Spend some time with this problem space and there are many ways this can qualify as abuse of power. Perhaps a discussion topic for the next marketing meeting.

Never thought Iā€™d say this but buying print and tv ads at least didnā€™t put pressure on employees to act as vehicles for commerce within their own personal spaces.

šŸ”— Originally posted on Twitter

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A dangerous fallacy is that killer robots will take the appearance of monstrous, mechanical machines. Instead, killer robots have (among many other disguises) taken the appearance of web forms automatically determining if people are eligible for financial assistance.

It's nice to not have to be held responsible for a decision that hurts another human being.

Iā€™ll provide links to examples of automated decision-making in my next newsletter, and outline more of the dangers.

newsletter.axbom.com

šŸ”— Originally posted on Twitter

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ā€We have official constellations that are quite arbitrary, based on some discussion by essentially a few white guys a century ago, whereas we ignore the constellations of various Indigenous peoples even if we're on those peoplesā€™ landsā€

vice.com/en/article/k78ā€¦

ā€œ[ā€¦] we can no longer monitor our cultural signals that tell us about the seasons or ceremony timing, or even access our knowledge, as much of it is stored in the sky. If we cannot access our skies, we cannot practice our culture.ā€

šŸ”— Originally posted on Twitter

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This 1995 piece by Clifford Stoll is a cult classic example of predictions gone wrong. But sometimes I read it and wonder if there are a few things he did get right.

newsweek.com/clifford-stollā€¦

ā€Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few listen.ā€

ā€What Internet hucksters won't tell you is the Internet is one big ocean of unedited data, without pretense of completeness. Lacking editors, reviewers or critics, the Internet has become a wasteland of unfiltered data. You don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading.ā€

ā€[ā€¦] this nonplace lures us to surrender our time on earth. A poor substitute it is, this virtual reality where frustration is legion and whereā€”in the holy names of Education and Progressā€”important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.ā€

Immediately made me think:

Metaverseā„¢ ā€“ Surrender Your Time On Earth.

šŸ”— Originally posted on Twitter

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1/2 I have a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and was on my regular checkup today (no worries). I had forgotten my id but we joked they could tell it was me via the ultrasound of my heart.

This made me recall writings about heartbeats as biometric markers.

2/2 Your heartbeat - or cardiac signature - is completely unique and unlike your face or fingerprint it can't be altered in any way. Moreover, the surface movement on the skin caused by your heartbeat can be scanned from 200m away. That was 3 years ago šŸ˜¬ engadget.com/2019-06-27-theā€¦

šŸ”— Originally posted on Twitter