We as technological consumers (and products) have spent so long thinking of technology as a neutral force that will usher us into our Jetson-esque future that it is easy to forget about the human knowledge and […]
I find it sad that automated systems that are supposed to help the most vulnerable people in our society are often used to further discriminate against and disenfranchise these people. Thinking critically about […]
Tinfoil hat time: The government’s lack of proactivity regarding laws that address the current and future concerns of digital life does not strike me as coincidental. I think that there is, at least on some level, […]
I never know whether to attribute changes that have occurred between the time something is written and when we read it to cultural/attitude shifts, or mere coincidence. In Jennifer Holt and Patrick Vonderau’s […]
I think that collecting information when people aren’t aware of it or using information in a way that is different than what people have agreed to is when things become creepy. For instance, Google […]