Michelle Alexander, the author of The New Jim Crow, wrote an op-ed for the Times this week about the way algorithms will reinforce racist policing. Referencing Cathy O’Neil a few times, she claims that some of our […]
An important question raised in “Fixed Flow” is that of timing. The average user does not have the opportunity to voice their opinions or preferences in terms of the paths their data takes. A more informed use […]
In the introduction to Signal Traffic, Parks and Starosielski define media infrastructure. They have identified that this is an important focus because the way media is transferred and stored does impact the […]
Before I begin my comments on WMDs, I would like to share with you that on my way home from class last week, I passed a sign outside of a Bank of America advertising their mobile “assistant”. Her name was […]
I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts about how the citation-based ordering structure would impact Google over time. Could it be beneficial to sort items in this way when all of the items listed are from many […]
The first section focuses on the difference between data and technology, two terms that are often conflated. The anecdote about seafaring is used as a clear lens through which to read the rest of the chapter. I […]