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A living experiment in hopes to be truly connected once again. A break from 24 hour news cycle. My personal observations of the impact of information technology in a form of audio parcel directed to a particular recipient instead of targeting a mass. My self expressions aiming for engagement, not t…

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  • Jul 9, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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Dear Jon -- Digital Pollution might be Cleaned

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 12:42


I recently read“The World is Choking on Digital Pollution” by Judy Estrin and Sam Gill from Knight Foundation. It basically intends to send an alarm on how dangerous to neglect online hate speech and trolls, of which they call digital pollution. By referring to the pollution during the Industrial Revolution and the construction of sewage system being the solution, it writes, "Society figured out how to manage the waste produced by the Industrial Revolution. We must do the same thing with the Internet today." The article does help us realize the danger of ungoverned misinformation, yet it simplifies the narrative of cholera and public nuisance down to an advent of waste management, and misses out the colonial nature of industrial revolution that prioritized profits over public health, as if the causes of the issue were some ungoverned human waste. Cover Image: http://josen.env.go.jp/archive/detail/i/FB-01-P0016.jpg (CC BY4.0)

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