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Jan Overwijk discusses critical systems theory, sociologies of closure and openness, and cybernetic capitalism.   Shownotes Jan Overwijk at the Frankfurt University Institute for Social Research: https://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/personendetails/jan-overwijk.html Jan at the University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht: https://www.uvh.nl/university-of-humanistic-studies/contact/search-employees?person=jimxneoBsHowOfbPivN Overwijk, J. (2025). Cybernetic Capitalism. A Critical Theory of the Incommunicable. Fordham University Press. https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531508937/cybernetic-capitalism/ on the website of the distributor outside of North America you can order the book with a 30% discount with the code “FFF24”: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781531508937/cybernetic-capitalism/ on Niklas Luhmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann Baraldi, C., Corsi, G., & Esposito, E. (2021). Unlocking Luhmann. A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory. transcript. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5674-9/unlocking-luhmann/ Fischer-Lescano, A. (2011). Critical Systems Theory. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 38(1), 3–23. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0191453711421600 Möller, K., & Siri, J. (2023). Niklas Luhmann and Critical Systems Theory. In: R. Rogowski (Ed.), The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann (pp. 141–154). https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/anthem-companion-to-niklas-luhmann/niklas-luhmann-and-critical-systems-theory/982BC5427E171D2BA0D14364377A40F5 on Critical Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory on Cybernetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics Future Histories explanation video on cybernetics (in German): https://youtu.be/QBKC9mM8-so?si=64v0OgBKV3xjXvLl on Humberto Matuarana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Maturana on Francisco Varela: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Varela Maturana, H. R., & Varela, F. J. (1992). Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding. Shambhala. https://uranos.ch/research/references/Maturana1988/maturana-h-1987-tree-of-knowledge-bkmrk.pdf on Ferdinand de Saussure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure on Post-Structuralism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-structuralism on the differentiation of society into subsystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_(sociology) on Jaques Derrida: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida Bob Jessop on Luhmann and the concept of “ecological dominance”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318543419_The_relevance_of_Luhmann%27s_systems_theory_and_of_Laclau_and_Mouffe%27s_discourse_analysis_to_the_elaboration_of_Marx%27s_state_theory Jessop, B. (2010). From Hegemony to Crisis? The Continuing Ecological Dominance of Neoliberalism. In: K. Birch & V. Mykhnenko (Eds.). Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism: The Collapse of an Economic Order? (pp. 171–187). Zed Books. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318524063_The_continuing_ecological_dominance_of_neoliberalism_in_the_crisis on Surplus Value in Marx and Marxism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value on Louis Althusser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Althusser Althusser, L. (2014). On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. Verso. https://legalform.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/althusser-on-the-reproduction-of-capitalism.pdf on Stuart Hall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist) on Capital Strikes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_strike on the concept of “rationalization” in sociology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalization_(sociology) on Max Weber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber Weber, M. (2005). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Routledge. https://gpde.direito.ufmg.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MAX-WEBER.pdf Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Profile Books. https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/ on Surveillance Capitalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism on Herbert Marcuse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse Marcuse, H. (2002). One-Dimensional Man. Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Routledge. https://files.libcom.org/files/Marcuse,%20H%20-%20One-Dimensional%20Man,%202nd%20edn.%20(Routledge,%202002).pdf on Jürgen Habermas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas on Jean-François Lyotard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard Lyotard, J.-F. (1988). The Differend. Phrases in Dispute. University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816616114/differend/ on Thermodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics on the Technocracy Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid Modernity. Polity. https://giuseppecapograssi.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bauman-liquid-modernity.pdf on New Materialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_materialism on Gilles Deleuze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze on Bruno Latour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour on Donna Haraway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Haraway for criticisms of new materialism and associated tendencies and authors: Malm, A. (2018). The Progress of this Storm. Nature and Society in a Warming World. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/574-the-progress-of-this-storm Brown, W. (2019). In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West. Columbia University Press. https://www.social-ecology.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Wellek-Library-Lectures-Wendy-Brown-In-the-Ruins-of-Neoliberalism_-The-Rise-of-Antidemocratic-Politics-in-the-West-Columbia-University-Press-2019.pdf Hendrikse, R. (2018). Neo-illiberalism. Geoforum, 95, 169–172. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718518302057 on N. Katherine Hayles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Katherine_Hayles Deleuze, G. (1992). Postscript on the Societies of Control. October. Vol. 59. (Winter 1992), 3-7. https://cidadeinseguranca.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf Brenner, R., Glick, M. (1991). The Regulation Approach. Theory and History. New Left Review. 1/188. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i188/articles/robert-brenner-mark-glick-the-regulation-approach-theory-and-history.pdf on the “Regulation School”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_school Chiapello, E., & Boltanski, L. (2018). The New Spirit of Capitalism. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/1980-the-new-spirit-of-capitalism Hardt, M., & Negri, A. (2000). Empire. Harvard University Press. https://monoskop.org/images/9/95/Hardt_Michael_Negri_Antonio_Empire.pdf on the Tierra Artificial Life Program: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation) on Gilbert Simondon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Simondon on Karen Barad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Barad on Post-Fordism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Fordism on Taylorism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management Srnicek, N. (2017). Platform Capitalism. Polity. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=platform-capitalism--9781509504862 Hayek, F. A. (2014). The Constitution of Liberty. Routledge. https://ia600805.us.archive.org/35/items/TheConstitutionOfLiberty/The%20Constitution%20of%20Liberty.pdf van Dyk, S. (2018). Post-Wage Politics and the Rise of Community Capitalism. Work, Employment and Society, 32(3), 528–545. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0950017018755663 on Rosa Luxemburg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg on Luxemburg's thought on imperialism: https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/44096/rosa-luxemburgs-heterodox-view-of-the-global-south Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism. How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism on Mariarosa Dalla Costa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariarosa_Dalla_Costa on the “Wages for Housework” Campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wages_for_Housework Moore, J. W. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life on Stafford Beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer Pickering, A. (2010). The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo8169881.html Foucualt's quote on socialist governmentality is from this book: Foucault, M. (2008). The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978-1979. Palgrave Macmillan. https://1000littlehammers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/birth_of_biopolitics.pdf Groos, J. (2025). Planning as an Art of Government. In: J. Groos & C. Sorg (Eds.). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond (pp. 115-132). 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Jim talks with Ashley Hodgson about her YouTube series "The New Enlightenment" and its heterodox perspectives on economics and social systems. They discuss Iain McGilchrist's influence & his book "The Matter with Things," economic mythology & its role in upholding the current system, the Bernays era of programmed consumerism, GDP growth myths, destructive growth value, problems with GDP, resource extraction vs other forms of growth, Galbraith's economics, corporate accountability structures, distortions in the information environment, changes in management compensation, the consumer sovereignty myth, the role of the technostructure, manufactured desires vs actual needs, behavioral economics & rationality, problems with "debunking" mindset, the meta-crisis, sense-making challenges, voice & exit rights, coherent pluralism, the "creepy utopia" problem, and much more. Episode Transcript The New Enlightenment (YouTube channel) The Matter with Things, by Iain McGilchrist JRS EP 154 - Iain McGilchrist on The Matter with Things The Economics of Innocent Fraud, by John Kenneth Galbraith The New Industrial State, by John Kenneth Galbraith Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff Ashley Hodgson is an economics professor and a YouTuber. Her teaching history includes behavioral economics, health care economics, digital industries, blockchain economics, public health, ageing, and game theory, among other courses. She enjoys co-teaching as a way of fostering interdisciplinary dialogues and has co-taught courses with faculty in anthropology, psychology, statistics, and biology. Hodgson's YouTube channel, The New Enlightenment, looks at paradigm shifts in economics, governance and knowledge systems, and parallels her own research and book writing.

We're all anxious, and none of us can pay attention. We don't read long books anymore; our kids don't read at all. When we watch TV, we scroll at the same time. And we absolutely cannot be alone with ourselves. These are the symptoms of a modern malaise that is everywhere diagnosed but rarely treated with the dire seriousness it deserves: an epochal sickness that is fundamentally changing the way we relate to each other and to our own minds. What would it take to reclaim control? Chris Hayes — journalist, author, and host of MSNBC's All In — joins to discuss his new book The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource. Together, Chris and the boys theorize how attention replaced information as the defining commodity of modern life. Along the way, we discuss our own struggles with social media addiction, prayer as an ancient technology for organizing attention, the evolutionary origins of attention-seeking, Donald Trump as the "public figure par excellence" of the attention age, and how to fight back against the corporate takeover of our minds. Toward the end, Chris explains how he's navigating hosting his cable show amid another bewildering Trump era, which seems designed to divide and fragment our attention.Further Reading: Chris Hayes, The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource, (2025)Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace, (1952)Adam Phillips, Attention Seeking, (2022)Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, (1844)Kyle Chayka, FIlterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, (2024)Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, (2019)Daniel Immerwahr, "What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?" The New Yorker, Jan 20, 2025....and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to all of our premium episodes! 

Have our private lives become inevitably political in today's age of social media? Ray Brescia certainly thinks so. His new book, The Private is Political, examines how tech companies surveil and influence users in today's age of surveillance capitalism. Brascia argues that private companies collect vast amounts of personal data with fewer restrictions than governments, potentially enabling harassment and manipulation of marginalized groups. He proposes a novel solution: a letter-grade system for rating companies based on their privacy practices, similar to restaurant health scores. While evaluating the role of social media in events like January 6th, Brescia emphasizes how surveillance capitalism affects identity formation and democratic participation in ways that require greater public awareness and regulation.Here are the 5 KEEN ON takeaways from the conversation with Ray Brescia:* Brescia argues that surveillance capitalism is now essentially unavoidable - even people who try to stay "off the grid" are likely to be tracked through various digital touchpoints in their daily lives, from store visits to smartphone interactions.* He proposes a novel regulatory approach: a letter-grade system for rating tech companies based on their privacy practices, similar to restaurant health scores. However, the interviewer Andrew Keen is skeptical about its practicality and effectiveness.* Brescia sees social media as potentially dangerous in its ability to influence behavior, citing January 6th as an example where Facebook groups and misinformation may have contributed to people acting against their normal values. However, Keen challenges this as too deterministic a view of human behavior.* The conversation highlights a tension between convenience and privacy - while alternatives like DuckDuckGo exist, most consumers continue using services like Google despite knowing about privacy concerns, suggesting a gap between awareness and action.* Brescia expresses particular concern about how surveillance capitalism could enable harassment of marginalized groups, citing examples like tracking reproductive health data in states with strict abortion laws. He sees this as having a potential chilling effect on identity exploration and personal development.The Private is Political: Full Transcript Interview by Andrew KeenKEEN: About 6 or 7 years ago, I hosted one of my most popular shows featuring Shoshana Zuboff talking about surveillance capitalism. She wrote "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power"—a book I actually blurbed. Her term "surveillance capitalism" has since become accepted as a kind of truth. Our guest today, Ray Brescia, a distinguished professor of law at the University of New York at Albany, has a new book, "The Private is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism." Ray, you take the age of surveillance capitalism for granted. Is that fair? Is surveillance capitalism just a given in February 2025?RAY BRESCIA: I think that's right. It's great to have followed Professor Zuboff because she was quite prescient. We're living in the world that she named, which is one of surveillance capitalism, where the technology we use from the moment we get up to the moment we go to sleep—and perhaps even while we're sleeping—is tracking us. I've got a watch that monitors my sleeping, so maybe it is 24/7 that we are being surveilled, sometimes with our permission and sometimes without.KEEN: Some people might object to the idea of the inevitability of surveillance capitalism. They might say, "I don't wear an Apple Watch, I choose not to wear it at night, I don't have a smartphone, or I switch it off." There's nothing inevitable about the age of surveillance capitalism. How would you respond to that?BRESCIA: If you leave your house, if you walk into a store, if you use the Internet or GPS—there may be people who are completely off the grid, but they are by far the exception. Even for them, there are still ways to be surveilled. Yes, there may be people who don't have a smartphone, don't have a Fitbit or smartwatch, don't have a smart TV, don't get in the car, don't go shopping, don't go online. But they really are the exception.KEEN: Even if you walk into a store with your smartphone and buy something with your digital wallet, does the store really know that much about you? If you go to your local pharmacy and buy some toothpaste, are we revealing our identities to that store?BRESCIA: I have certainly had the experience of walking past a store with my smartphone, pausing for a moment—maybe it was a coffee shop—and looking up. Within minutes, I received an ad pushed to me by that store. Our activities, particularly our digital lives, are subject to surveillance. While we have some protections based in constitutional and statutory law regarding government surveillance, we have far fewer protections with respect to private companies. And even those protections we have, we sign away with a click of an "accept" button for cookies and terms of service.[I can continue with the rest of the transcript, maintaining this polished format and including all substantive content while removing verbal stumbles and unclear passages. Would you like me to continue?]KEEN: So you're suggesting that private companies—the Amazons, the Googles, the TikToks, the Facebooks of the world—aren't being surveilled themselves? It's only us, the individual, the citizen?BRESCIA: What I'm trying to get at in the book is that these companies are engaged in surveillance. Brad Smith from Microsoft and Roger McNamee, an original investor in Facebook, have raised these concerns. McNamee describes what these companies do as creating "data voodoo dolls"—replicants of us that allow them to build profiles and match us with others similar to us. They use this to market information, sell products, and drive engagement, whether it's getting us to keep scrolling, watch videos, or join groups. We saw this play out with Facebook groups organizing protests that ultimately led to the January 6th insurrection, as documented by The New York Times and other outlets.KEEN: You live up in Hastings on Hudson and work in Albany. Given the nature of this book, I can guess your politics. Had you been in Washington, D.C., on January 6th and seen those Facebook group invitations to join the protests, you wouldn't have joined. This data only confirms what we already think. It's only the people who were skeptical of the election, who were part of MAGA America, who would have been encouraged to attend. So why does it matter?BRESCIA: I don't think that's necessarily the case. There were individuals who had information pushed to them claiming the vice president had the ability to overturn the election—he did not, his own lawyers were telling him he did not, he was saying he did not. But people were convinced he could. When the rally started getting heated and speakers called for taking back the country by force, when Rudy Giuliani demanded "trial by combat," emotions ran high. There are individuals now in jail who are saying, "I don't want a pardon. What I did that day wasn't me." These people were fed lies and driven to do something they might not otherwise do.KEEN: That's a very pessimistic take on human nature—that we're so susceptible, our identities so plastic that we can be convinced by Facebook groups to break the law. Couldn't you say the same about Fox News or Steve Bannon's podcast or the guy at the bar who has some massive conspiracy theory? At what point must we be responsible for what we do?BRESCIA: We should always be responsible for what we do. Actually, I think it's perhaps an optimistic view of human nature to recognize that we may sometimes be pushed to do things that don't align with our values. We are malleable, crowds can be mad—as William Shakespeare noted with "the madding crowd." Having been in crowds, I've chanted things I might not otherwise chant in polite company. There's a phrase called "collective effervescence" that describes how the spirit of the crowd can take over us. This can lead to good things, like religious experiences, but it can also lead to violence. All of this is accelerated with social media. The old phrase "a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on" has been supercharged with social media.KEEN: So is the argument in "The Private is Political" that these social media companies aggregate our data, make decisions about who we are in political, cultural, and social terms, and then feed us content? Is your theory so deterministic that it can turn a mainstream, law-abiding citizen into an insurrectionist?BRESCIA: I wouldn't go that far. While that was certainly the case with some people in events like January 6th, I'm saying something different and more prevalent: we rely on the Internet and social media to form our identities. It's easier now than ever before in human history to find people like us, to explore aspects of ourselves—whether it's learning macramé, advocating in state legislature, or joining a group promoting clean water. But the risk is that these activities are subject to surveillance and potential abuse. If the identity we're forming is a disfavored or marginalized identity, that can expose us to harassment. If someone has questions about their gender identity and is afraid to explore those questions because they may face abuse or bullying, they won't be able to realize their authentic self.KEEN: What do you mean by harassment and abuse? This argument exists both on the left and right. J.D. Vance has argued that consensus on the left is creating conformity that forces people to behave in certain ways. You get the same arguments on the left. How does it actually work?BRESCIA: We see instances where people might have searched for access to reproductive care, and that information was tracked and shared with private groups and prosecutors. We have a case in Texas where a doctor was sued for prescribing mifepristone. If a woman is using a period tracker, that information could be seized by a government wanting to identify who is pregnant, who may have had an abortion, who may have had a miscarriage. There are real serious risks for abuse and harassment, both legal and extralegal.KEEN: We had Margaret Atwood on the show a few years ago. Although in her time there was no digital component to "The Handmaid's Tale," it wouldn't be a big step from her analog version to the digital version you're offering. Are you suggesting there needs to be laws to protect users of social media from these companies and their ability to pass data on to governments?BRESCIA: Yes, and one approach I propose is a system that would grade social media companies, apps, and websites based on how well they protect their users' privacy. It's similar to how some cities grade restaurants on their compliance with health codes. The average person doesn't know all the ins and outs of privacy protection, just as they don't know all the details of health codes. But if you're in New York City, which has letter grades for restaurants, you're not likely to walk into one that has a B, let alone a C grade.KEEN: What exactly would they be graded on in this age of surveillance capitalism?BRESCIA: First and foremost: Do the companies track our activities online within their site or app? Do they sell our data to brokers? Do they retain that data? Do they use algorithms to push information to us? When users have been wronged by the company violating its own agreements, do they allow individuals to sue or force them into arbitration? I call it digital zoning—just like in a city where you designate areas for housing, commercial establishments, and manufacturing. Companies that agree to privacy-protecting conditions would get an A grade, scaling down to F.KEEN: The world is not a law school where companies get graded. Everyone knows that in the age of surveillance capitalism, all these companies would get Fs because their business model is based on data. This sounds entirely unrealistic. Is this just a polemical exercise, or are you serious?BRESCIA: I'm dead serious. And I don't think it's the heavy hand of the state. In fact, it's quite the opposite—it's a menu that companies can choose from. Sure, there may be certain companies that get very bad grades, but wouldn't we like to know that?KEEN: Who would get the good grades? We know Facebook and Google would get bad grades. Are there social media platforms that would avoid the F grades?BRESCIA: Apple is one that does less of this. Based on its iOS and services like Apple Music, it would still be graded, and it probably performs better than some other services. Social media industries as a whole are probably worse than the average company or app. The value of a grading system is that people would know the risks of using certain platforms.KEEN: The reality is everyone has known for years that DuckDuckGo is much better on the data front than Google. Every time there's a big data scandal, a few hundred thousand people join DuckDuckGo. But most people still use Google because it's a better search engine. People aren't bothered. They don't care.BRESCIA: That may be the case. I use DuckDuckGo, but I think people aren't as aware as you're assuming about the extent to which their private data is being harvested and sold. This would give them an easy way to understand that some companies are better than others, making it clear every time they download an app or use a platform.KEEN: Let's use the example of Facebook. In 2016, the Cambridge Analytica scandal blew up. Everyone knew what Facebook was doing. And yet Facebook in 2025 is, if anything, stronger than it's ever been. So people clearly just don't care.BRESCIA: I don't know that they don't care. There are a lot of things to worry about in the world right now. Brad Smith called Cambridge Analytica "privacy's Three Mile Island."KEEN: And he was wrong.BRESCIA: Yes, you're right. Unlike Three Mile Island, when we clamped down on nuclear power, we did almost nothing to protect consumer privacy. That's something we should be exploring in a more robust fashion.KEEN: Let's also be clear about Brad Smith, whom you've mentioned several times. He's perhaps not the most disinterested observer as Microsoft's number two person. Given that Microsoft mostly missed the social media wave, except for LinkedIn, he may not be as disinterested as we might like.BRESCIA: That may be the case. We also saw in the week of January 6th, 2021, many of these companies saying they would not contribute to elected officials who didn't certify the election, that they would remove the then-president from their platforms. Now we're back in a world where that is not the case.KEEN: Let me get one thing straight. Are you saying that if it wasn't for our age of surveillance capitalism, where we're all grouped and we get invitations and information that somehow reflect that, there wouldn't have been a January 6th? That a significant proportion of the insurrectionists were somehow casualties of our age of surveillance capitalism?BRESCIA: That's a great question. I can't say whether there would have been a January 6th if not for social media. In the last 15-20 years, social media has enabled movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Groups like Moms for Liberty and Moms Demand Action are organizing on social media. Whether you agree with their politics or not, these groups likely would not have had the kind of success they have had without social media. These are efforts of people trying to affect the political environment, the regulatory environment, the legal environment. I applaud such efforts, even if I don't agree with them. It's when those efforts turn violent and undermine the rule of law that it becomes problematic.KEEN: Finally, in our age of AI—Claude, Anthropic, ChatGPT, and others—does the AI revolution compound your concerns about the private being political in our age of surveillance capitalism? Is it the problem or the solution?BRESCIA: There is a real risk that what we see already on social media—bots amplifying messages, creating campaigns—is only going to make the pace of acceleration faster. The AI companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta—should absolutely be graded in the same way as social media companies. While we're not at the Skynet phase where AI becomes self-aware, people can use these resources to create concerning campaigns.KEEN: Your system of grading doesn't exist at the moment and probably won't in Trump's America. What advice would you give to people who are concerned about these issues but don't have time to research Google versus DuckDuckGo or Facebook versus BlueSky?BRESCIA: There are a few simple things folks can do. Look at the privacy settings on your phone. Use browsers that don't harvest your data. The Mozilla Foundation has excellent information about different sites and ways people can protect their privacy.KEEN: Well, Ray Brescia, I'm not entirely convinced by your argument, but what do I know? "The Private is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is a very provocative argument about how social media companies and Internet companies should be regulated. Thank you so much, and best of luck with the book.BRESCIA: Thanks, it's been a pleasure to have this conversation.Ray Brescia is the Associate Dean for Research & Intellectual Life and the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Professor in Law & Technology at Albany Law School. He is the author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession and The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions; and editor of Crisis Lawyering: Effective Legal Advocacy in Emergency Situations; and How Cities Will Save the World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change, and Economic Inequality.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

On this episode of Rehash, we're speaking with Zoe Weinberg, Founder and Managing Partner at ex/ante, the first venture fund dedicated to agentic tech.We start our conversation by getting a little insight into Zoe's background, which is quite unique and unusual but also lends itself quite well to the work she's doing today in privacy and human agency. She shares the ways in which her past humanitarian work in conflict zones and developing nations opened her eyes to issues around surveillance capitalism and how she had her first big realization of how crypto can change individuals' lives in meaningful ways when she met a group of Bitcoin miners in Iraq during the Mosul conflict when Iraq successfully took back the city of Mosul from the Islamic State.We then dive into some big topics around agentic tech, including user control, consent, privacy, and online (and onchain) data sharing. Zoe envisions a world where humans have full agency over how their information and data are used and we talk about what it might take for us to get there. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenZoe: https://twitter.com/zweinberg LINKSThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1610395697Privacy Party (prev: Block Party): https://www.blockpartyapp.com/#privacyparty/ex/ante Substack: https://buildexante.substack.com/ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro2:35 Zoe's background5:52 When crypto saves lives10:24 How surveillance capitalism has developed over time15:31 State vs corporate surveillance capitalism18:02 Will online privacy regulations improve over time?23:07 What is agentic tech?29:14 What impact can agentic tech have in our lives?34:40 How do user control and consent fit into a public blockchain?36:46 Examples of agentic tech solutions45:14 Ideal end state if agentic tech succeeds48:00 Can You Not49:40 Follow Zoe and ex/ante DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

Die heutige Episode gehört zu den wenigen, die eine gewisse Zeitlichkeit haben. Es war vor rund vier Jahren, als die Covid-Pandemie auch in Europa richtig angekommen ist. Ab 16. März 2020 wurde der erste österreichweite Lockdown verfügt. Dies war der Anfang einer ganzen Reihe von Maßnahmen, die große Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesundheit der Menschen hatten. Vier Jahre später würde man erwarten, dass diese Maßnahmen, die in dieser Form einzigartig seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg waren, breit in Wissenschaft, Medien und Öffentlichkeit reflektiert und diskutiert werden. Dies nicht nur, um die konkrete Krise aufzuarbeiten, sondern auch um zu fragen, wie wir mit zukünftigen Krisen umgehen sollten. Was beobachten wir in etablierten Medien, Wissenschaft und Politik? So gut wie nichts, was nach einer ernsthaften Aufarbeitung aussieht. Der Titel dieser Episode ist daher: »Covid. Die unerklärliche Stille nach dem Sturm?«  Der heutige Gesprächspartner ist wieder Jan David Zimmermann, was mich sehr freut! Jan ist Autor, Publizist und Wissenschaftsforscher, hat auch gerade ein neues und äußerst empfehlenswertes Buch herausgebracht — Lethe, Vom Vergessen des Totalitären. Außerdem ist er Redakteur beim Stichpunkt-Magazin. In dieser Episode diskutieren wir nicht fachlich die Maßnahmen, die gesetzt oder unterlassen wurden, sondern vielmehr den Prozess, der zu diesen Maßnahmen geführt hat, sowie die Rolle von Wissenschaft und Expertise in diesem Zusammenhang. Wir fallen dabei nicht in die post-hoc fallacy, also aus dem Rückblick alles besser zu wissen. Sondern die Betrachtung ist eine aus der heutigen Zeit, aber vor allem hinsichtlich der Frage, was wir richtig und falsch gemacht haben, und wie wir von hier an weitergehen sollten. Wir versuchen also (nach Heinz von Förster) eine Beobachtung zweiter Ordnung. Was hat Corona angestoßen oder welche Trends in der Gesellschaft deutlicher gemacht? Beobachten wir neue totalitäre Tendenzen, eine Polarisierung, wie Wissenschaft in Krisen agiert? Covid per se bedarf einer Nachbearbeitung, aber auch die Folgeeffekte auf Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft für andere, ähnliche Probleme. Denn es wird fallweise behauptet, wir hätten einen Mechanismus, eine »Blaupause« entwickelt, um auch mit anderen (ähnlichen) Krisen umzugehen. Ist diese wünschenswert und Erfolg versprechend? Was bedeutet Ausnahmezustand; vor allem, auch wenn damit langfristig Politik gemacht wird? »Souverän ist, wer über den Ausnahmezustand entscheidet«, Carl Schmitt Wie autoritär ist Gesellschaft der vormaligen »Mitte« geworden? Alle möglichen ideologischen Seiten finden autoritäre Ideen und auch Gewalt plötzlich rechtfertigbar? Was bedeutet Entscheiden unter Unsicherheit — oder allgemeiner: Wie sollten wir als Gesellschaft mit Unsicherheit umgehen? Wir diskutieren die verschiedenen Aspekte in Bezug auf folgende Phasen der Krise: Zeit vor 2020 Frühjahr/Sommer 2020 Herbst-Winter 2020 (vor der Impfung) Nach der Impfung 2021 2022 und später Wie gefährlich kann Forschung sein? Gain of Function Research, Lab Leaks? Wer sollte über solche Wissenschaft entscheiden? »Wissenschaft ist nicht einfrieren von Erkenntnis« Zur Cochrane Studie über Masken siehe Podcast Episode 72. Was bedeutet Krisenmanagement in solchen Situationen? Haben wir Maßnahmen von Privilegierten für Privilegierte auf dem Rücken der restlichen Gesellschaft erlebt?  »Luxury beliefs are the new status symbols«, Rob Henderson Das Verhalten der Wissenschaft während der Pandemie wurde von einzelnen hochrangigen Wissenschaftern wie John Ioannidis untersucht, und das Ergebnis war wenig schmeichelhaft: »Even the best peer-reviewed journals often presented results with bias and spin.« »Whatever the origins of the virus, the refusal to abide by formerly accepted norms has done its own enormous damage.« »most of this work was of low quality, often wrong, and sometimes highly misleading.« »The disdain for reliable study designs was even celebrated.« »Big Tech companies […] developed powerful censorship machineries« »There was a clash between two schools of thought, authoritarian public health versus science—and science lost.« Man muss sich nach solchen Analysen natürlich die Frage stellen: Sind unsere Wissenschaftstugenden mittlerweile völlig korrodiert? Was hat es mit der Great Barrington Declaration auf sich und was waren die unerfreulichen Folgen für die beteiligten Wissenschafter? Niemand wird primär dafür kritisiert, im Jahr 2020 Fehler gemacht zu haben, aber wenn man sich 2024 dafür rühmt ist das ernüchternd. Dies zeigt sich auf drastische Weise am Auftritt des deutschen Soziologen Heinz Bude (der Mitglied des deutschen Krisenstabes war): Heinz Bude: »Noch einmal aus dem Nähkästchen geplaudert: Wir müssen ein Modell finden, um Folgebereitschaft herzustellen, dass so ein bisschen wissenschaftsähnlich ist. Und das war diese Formel flatten the curve. Wie können wir die Leute überzeugen mitzutun... Das sieht so nach Wissenschaft aus. Wenn ihr schön diszipliniert seid, könnt ihr die Kurve verändern. […] Das haben wir geklaut von einem Wissenschaftsjournalisten. Das haben wir nicht selber erfunden. Wir fanden das irgendwie toll, dass man so ein Quasi-Wissenschaftsargument hat.« Anderer Diskutant: »Das bedeutet, dass sich die Wissenschaft in einem normativ vorgegebenen Rahmen engagiert. […] Diese normativen Vorgaben muss man einkaufen« HB: »Wissenschaft ist ja auch operativ interessant. « AD: »Aber wenn man sich normativ sehr sicher ist. Ich glaube, viele Leute waren sich sehr schnell sehr sicher.« Bude zuckt mit den Achseln. Heinz Bude war außerdem ein Verfechter der Zero-Covid Idee, die sehr schnell diskreditiert war. Was bedeutet es auch, wenn Wissenschaft »operativ interessant« wird? Das Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft geht verloren — wie ist das zu bewerten? Wird hier nicht oftmals Ursache mit Wirkung verwechselt? Wie kann das Vertrauen in Institutionen und Wissenschaft wieder hergestellt werden? Matt Taibbi spricht im Rahmen der Twitter Files vom Censorship Industrial Complex »Twitter was more like a partner to government « Wissenschaft ist immer stark mit Macht verwoben, wie steht das im Verhältnis zum Erkenntnisgewinn? Aber auch die Medien erfüllen ihre Aufgabe in keiner Weise. Wie gehen wir damit um? Wie kann entschieden werden, was legitime Kritik und was schlicht Unsinn ist? Wie konnte es passieren, dass liberale Nationen wie Kanada, Australien und Neuseeland in autoritäre Strukturen abgeglitten sind? Damit stellt sich die fundamentale Frage: Wie lange darf ein Krisenmoment dauern? »Moralpolitik hat die Sachpolitik abgelöst« Auf der »richtigen« Seite zu sein wird wichtiger als das Richtige zu tun. Und das Richtige wird mit allen Mitteln durchgesetzt, nicht nur mit harten Maßnahmen, sondern auch mit Soft Power wie Nudging. Dabei wird die eigentlich wichtige Frage gerne übersehen: Wer bestimmt, was das Richtige für mich ist? »The dictatorship of the future will be very unlike the dictatorships we experienced in the past. […] If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled. […] Making him actually love his slavery. Being happy under the new regime.«, Aldous Huxley Das Totalitäre ist stärker von klaren Strukturen und nicht von Inhalten bestimmt: »Das Totalitäre ist stärker ein wie als ein was.« Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 88: Liberalismus und Freiheitsgrade, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Christoph Möllers Episode 85: Naturalismus — was weiß Wissenschaft? Episode 84: (Epistemische) Krisen? Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 83: Robert Merton — Was ist Wissenschaft? Episode 80: Wissen, Expertise und Prognose, eine Reflexion Episode 79: Escape from Model Land, a Conversation with Dr. Erica Thompson Episode 76: Existentielle Risiken Episode 74: Apocalype Always Episode 72: Scheitern an komplexen Problemen? Wissenschaft, Sprache und Gesellschaft — Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 47: Große Worte Episode 39: Follow the Science? Episode 37: Probleme und Lösungen Episode 25: Entscheiden unter Unsicherheit Jan David Zimmermann Homepage Facebook: Jan D. Zimmermann Instagram:  j._zimmermann Buch: Lethe. Vom Vergessen des Totalitären Stichpunkt Magazin Fachliche Referenzen Sitzungsprotokoll der "Taskforce Corona" über zu wenig Angst in der Bevölkerung, Der Standard (2020) Regierungsprotokoll: Angst vor Infektion offenbar erwünscht, ORF (2020) Internes Papier aus Innenministerium empfahl, den Deutschen Corona-Angst zu machen, Focus (2020) Wie wir COVID-19 unter Kontrolle bekommen. Strategiepapier des Bundesinnenministeriums.  Umstritten. Ein journalistisches Gütesiegel. Fitfty Fifty/ Westend Verlag (2024) Das integrative Empire: Wissensproduktion und kulturelle Praktiken in Habsburg-Zentraleuropa (Global- und Kolonialgeschichte).  transcript Verlag (2023) Jürgen Habermas: Technik und Wissenschaft als Ideologie Suhrkamp (1968) Rob Henderson, Luxury Beliefs John Ioannidis, How the pandemic is changing pandemic norms (2021) Great Barrington Declaration (2020) Heinz Bude im Gespräch 2024 Zero Covid, No Covid, Artikel im Deutschlandfunk (2021) Susanne Gaschke, Interview in der NZZ: »Sie wollten ganze Landkreise abschotten!« – »Ich würde immer noch so vorgehen, wie wir es getan haben!« (2023) Alexander Bogner, Nach Corona (2023) Matt Taibbi, The Censorship Industrial Complex (2023) Telegraph, The Lockdown Files Ein neuer Bericht offenbart Pläne für eine Veränderung von Coronaviren – kurz vor der Pandemie, NZZ (2021) Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein, Nudge, Yale University Press (2008) WEF Artikel (2021) mit Interview Cass Sunstein Gesundheitspolitik: Nudging: Anstupsen für den guten Zweck (Spektrum 2015) Nudging Task Force unter Obama (2015) Rainer Mausfeld im Gespräch über sein neues Buch, Hybris und Nemesis (2023) Jesse Singal, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2021) Margaret Heffernan, Uncharted, Simon & Schuster UK (2020) Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Profile Books (2019) Aldous Huxley über Diktaturen der Zukunft (1958) Martin Kulldorff: Fired by Harvard for getting Covid right, Unherd (2024) Vinay Prasad, Martin Kulldorff was wrongly fired from Harvard Medical School (2024)

Education Headline RoundupThis week in education headlines:Ohio public education system restructuring can proceed while lawsuits are pending.Reading Recovery Council of North America sues Ohio over ban on "three-cueing" approach to literacy acquisition.China's new patriotic education law aims to step up patriotic education in schools, universities, and religious institutions.Jean Piaget: Theories of Cognitive DevelopmentJean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss developmental psychologist who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the field of child psychology. He is best known for his theory of cognitive development, which proposes that children progress through four distinct stages as they grow and learn. Piaget's work has had a profound influence on our understanding of how children think and learn, and his theories are still widely discussed in education and child development today.Piaget's theory of “genetic epistemology” elaborates upon the idea that children actively construct their own knowledge of the world on top of hereditary cognitive structures. He believed that children learn through two main processes: assimilation and accommodation. (Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing knowledge structures. Accommodation is the process of adjusting existing knowledge structures to fit new information.) Piaget proposed that children progress through four distinct stages of cognitive development:Sensorimotor stage (birth to age 2)Preoperational stage (ages 2-7)Concrete operational stage (ages 7-11)Formal operational stage (ages 11 and beyondPiaget's work has had a lasting impact on our understanding of child development despite weathering a number of criticisms (including methodological concerns emerging from the fact that his own children served as subjects of his clinical observations!). Piaget's lasting influence can be observed in constructivist classrooms, approaches to inquiry-based learning, and developmental assessments.Sources & Resources:10tv - Ohio court OKs GOP-backed education overhaul, says stalling would cause 'chaos' as lawsuit continuesNBC4i - State board of education will lose powers after judge declines to block law by: Sarah Szilagy and Natalie FahmyThe Economist - Rule by law, with Chinese characteristicsThe Economist - Why does Xi Jinping want patriotic education to be written into law?Radio Free Asia - China moves to boost 'patriotic education,' including in Hong Kong by By Hsia Hsiao-hwa and Jing Wei for RFA Mandarin, and Gigi Lee for RFA Cantonese NBC4i - Gov. Mike DeWine's ‘science of reading' mandate under attack in court by: Sarah SzilagySold a StoryAbout PiagetBerkeley Graduate Division - Cognitive ConstructivismAssociation for Psychological Science - The Enduring Influence of Jean Piaget by: J. Roy HopkinsAPA PsycNet - The mind's staircase: Exploring the conceptual underpinnings of children's thought and knowledge. by: Robbie CaseEpistemology: The Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyWikipedia: Jean PiagetBritannica Article: Jean PiagetCognitive Development: The Theory of Jean Piaget from Foundations of Educational Technology by Penny ThompsonSorbonne UniversitéPiaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (graphic), by Jennifer S. GroffIn Cold Blood, by Truman CapoteThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, By Shoshana Zuboff

Season 2 is here! On this episode, host Kristen Collins chats with Christopher Coyne on the history of surveillance state from the early 20th century to now and surveillance capitalism, where user data is sold or used for advertisement targeting. They also discuss foreign intervention, the interdisciplinary work on surveillance, his work on Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism, and more.Christopher J. Coyne is associate director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a Professor of Economics at George Mason University.Read more work from Kristen Collins.Works mentioned include: Mary Dudziak's War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule's Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts, Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, and Kenneth Boulding's The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society.If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatus

Every generation thinks they're living through the strangest times, but is our generation right? Sean Illing speaks with writer and activist Naomi Klein about her new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World. They discuss how a much different Naomi — her doppelganger — scrambled her professional life and led to an unexpected plunge into the ironies and absurdities of our digital world. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein), author of Doppelganger and the co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice References:  Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023) The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Picador, 2008) No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein (Picador, 1999) Backlash by Susan Faludi (1991) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff (PublicAffairs, 2019) Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode we're talking about the genre of Economics! We discuss economic philosophy, Excel spreadsheets, micro vs macro, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil by Nicholas Shaxson Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara Communism for Kids by Bini Adamczak Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis, translated by Jacob Moe Other Media We Mentioned Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa  Adam Hochschild The Colour of Magic by Terry Prachett “Perhaps there is something in this reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits? It was a cumbersome phrase. Rincewind tried to get his tongue around the thick syllables that were the word in Twoflower's own language. What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement by Vladimir Lenin (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things If Books Could Kill - Freakonomics Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek (YouTube) Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek - Economics Rap Battle Round Two Peter Singer (Wikipedia) Unspeakable Conversations: Harriet McBryde Johnson on debating Peter Singer “He insists he doesn't want to kill me. He simply thinks it would have been better, all things considered, to have given my parents the option of killing the baby I once was.” If Books Could Kill - Rich Dad Poor Dad Saltwater and freshwater economics (Wikipedia) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Wikipedia) Another normal day of mining in Africa (Reddit) Belt and Road Initiative (Wikipedia) Report exposes solar panel industry Uyghur forced labour links Ouija (Wikipedia) Chinchilla (Wikipedia) Social media is doomed to die (The Verge) Reddit: Antiwork Reddit: Late Stage Capitalism 25 Economics books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change by Aja Barber The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk by Satyajit Das The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson and Arthur Manuel Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy by Kathryn Finney Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table by Carol Anne Hilton The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex edited by Incite! Women of Colour Against Violence Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives by Shalene Wuttunee Jobin How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard Can't We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions by Rupal Patel The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America by Shawn D. Rochester Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy by Kohei Saito The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddist Economics for the 21st Century by Sulak Sivaraksa Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today by Linda Yueh Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 16th we'll be talking about some old genres we've covered and whether we'd read them again. Then on Tuesday, June 6th we'll be discussing the genre of Fantasy! 

If you have been fortunate enough to travel to new cities, in countries other than your own, it is more than likely your travels in and through this new city was mediated. Not just in the myriad ways we've been discussing so far in this series, but increasingly through a specific kind of media form: ‘platforms'. Your accommodation and sightseeing arranged through Airbnb or TripAdvisor; your local travels negotiated with the help of Google Maps or Citymapper; rides hailed through Uber or Lyft; evening meal delivered via Grubhub or Just Eat. When you are in your own city or locale, you probably use some of these platforms, alongside many others. What exactly constitutes a platform, in general, and in relation to urban life specifically, is somewhat up for grabs. In this episode, we explore different perspectives on platforms as new forms of urban media, whether that be as a form of communication, a type of service, a business model, an infrastructure, or even an institution. The popularity of such platforms is clear, and it is not a stretch to say residents and visitors alike find such media useful for grappling with urban complexities. But platforms have disrupted cities too, whether that be their housing markets, transportation services or local businesses. And this disruption seems to brought forth a situation in which platforms are becoming indispensable infrastructures, and maybe even emerging institutions, of urban life. Thinkers discussed: Sarah Barns (Negotiating the Platform Pivot: From Participatory Digital Ecosystems to Infrastructures of Everyday Life / Platform Urbanism: Negotiating Platform Ecosystems in Connected Cities); Anne Helmond (The Platformization of the Web: Making Web Data Platform Ready); Jean-Christophe Plantin, Carl Lagoze, Paul N. Edwards and Christian Sandvig (Infrastructure Studies meet Platform Studies in the Age of Google and Facebook); Nick Srnicek (Platform Capitalism); Shoshana Zuboff (The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power); José van Dijck, Thomas Poell and Martijn de Waal (The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World); Emily West (Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly); Frank Pasquale (From Territorial to Functional Sovereignty: The Case of Amazon); Jathan Sadowski (Who Owns the Future City? Phases of Technological Urbanism and Shifts in Sovereignty); Lizzie Richardson (Platforms, Markets, and Contingent Calculation: The Flexible Arrangement of the Delivered Meal); Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham (The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction); John Bull (Schrodinger's Cab Firm: Uber's Existential Crisis); Niels van Doorn (A New Institution on the Block: On Platform Urbanism and Airbnb Citizenship); Douglass C. North (Institutions); Benjamin Bratton (The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty). Music: ‘The Mediated City Theme' by Scott Rodgers License: CC BY-NC (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

Dr. Vandana Shiva bringing light to the challenges of our New World Order: Bill Gates, The Great Reset, Patented Seeds & our agriculture crisis, Corporatocracies, Globalists & the 1%, and all things captured industries and institutions alike. Dr.Shiva is a scientist, environmental & anti-GMO activist, eco-feminist, and anti-globalisation author is here to spread some truth. She has written over 20 books, and is the founder of the Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology: a movement in defence of biodiversity & small farmers. In this episode of Stars & Destruct, Juliana Spicoluk and Mark Spicoluk tune in with Dr. Vandana Shiva to ask questions about the globalist agenda, the environmental crisis & our broken system, and to shed light on how to grow from here. In an illusion-shattering conversation on the poison cartels, GMOs, Nazi-Germany Monsanto, Silicon Valley, fake food, the social credit system, disconnection, Impossible Burger, the unemployment crisis, farmers committing suicide in India, food-related diseases, synthetic fertilizers, the digitalisation of money and much more, Vandana awakens us to the roots of The Great Reset and plants seeds for a sovereign future for all of life. Show Notes: BOOKS: » Vandana Shiva - Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movement - https://chelseagreen.biz/product/terra-viva/ » Vandana Shiva - Soil Not Oil - https://www.soilassociation.org/media/4964/policy_report_2008_soil_not_oil.pdf » Vandana Shiva - Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom - https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/oneness-vs-the-1/ » Vandana Shiva - The Vandana Shiva Reader (Culture Of The Land) - https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813153292/the-vandana-shiva-reader/ » Vandana Shiva - Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture - https://www.amazon.com/Philanthrocapitalism-Erosion-Democracy-Technology-Agriculture/dp/0907791913 » Larissa Zimberoff - Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley's Mission to Change What We Eat - https://larissazimberoff.com/book » Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capitalism » Wendell Berry - The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146191.The_Unsettling_of_America **** Guest Links: DR. VANDANA SHIVA: NAVDANYA INTERNATIONAL: https://navdanyainternational.org TWITTER: https://twitter.com/drvandanashiva The Seeds Of Vandana Shiva The Movie : https://vandanashivamovie.com Team Stardust: Juliana Spicoluk: https://www.julianaspicoluk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/juliana.spicoluk/ Mark Spicoluk: https://www.markspicoluk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mark.spicoluk/ Heidi Souffriau -producer : https://www.heidisouffriau.com/ https://www.instagram.com/unfold.yoursoul/ stars+destruct. https://www.starsanddestruct.com/ https://www.instagram.com/starsanddestruct/ JOIN THE STARWALKER MOVEMENT: Get news, updates, offers, insight, and more dirrect to your email box from stars+destruct. https://www.starsanddestruct.com/starwalkers

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Guest Björn Balazs Panelists Richard Littauer | Victory Brown | Memo Esparza Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our guest today is Björn Balazs joining us from Germany where he works for KDAB and has been a long-term designer in the open space. He also co-founded Open Usability, one of the first initiatives to support Free Software with UX knowledge and practice, which we'll be talking about today. We learn that Björn is a psychologist and a privacy activist, and what got him involved in design and open source. Find out his perspective on where the limit of what design is, a project he's working on called polypoly, and a mind-blowing book he recommends that summarizes problems that happened with privacy issues we have and the way we use technology. Go ahead and download this episode now to find out more! [00:02:08] Björn explains how he got involved in design and open source. [00:08:01] How does Björn see this perception of designers about themselves outside of the craft and does he think it's hard for designers to consider themselves designers without having to touch any of the aesthetics? [00:12:08] We hear where Björn's perspective is on where the limit of what design is. [00:14:09] Björn shares advice for projects that want to have better usability studies on their work before they think about redesigning it and how someone would go about implementing those. [00:16:59] Memo wonders how Björn combines wanting information from the user and respecting their privacy, and he talks about a book called, _The Age of Surveillance Capitalism _and an initiative he joined called, polypoly. [00:21:31] Richard wonders if Björn has other approaches that people can use to think about how to actively create a culture of practice around anti-surveillance capitalist work. [00:22:59] Does Björn have any tricks that he uses to have conversations about users and privacy with his colleagues? [00:28:04] Björn tells us about an active open source design group job board that anyone can go to look at jobs. [00:30:16] Victory asks Björn if she was new to open source and wanted to contribute, how would she approach that community or project maintainer saying I've been watching your project and I think I could help. [00:32:54] Find out where you can follow Björn online. Quotes [00:13:16] “Design is a process where we all participate, professionals or not.” [00:14:28] “Doing a usability study on your own as a designer is very dangerous and it's very hard for involved people to get feedback unless their trained to do this.” [00:15:20] “What you actually need is a usability strategy, not just a usability study.” [00:17:29] “I really recommend the book by Shoshana Zuboff called, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.” Spotlight [00:33:24] Memo's spotlight is the tool, UI Colors. [00:33:50] Victory's spotlight is the open source community, Aviyel. [00:34:18] Richard's spotlight is the movie, Hold Fast by Moxie Marlinspike. [00:35:08] Björn's spotlight is KDE. Links Open Source Design Twitter (https://twitter.com/opensrcdesign) Open Source Design (https://opensourcedesign.net/) Sustain Design & UX working group (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/design-ux-working-group/348) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Sustain Open Source Twitter (https://twitter.com/sustainoss?lang=en) Richard Littauer Twitter (https://twitter.com/richlitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Memo Esparza Twitter (https://twitter.com/memo_es_) Victory Brown Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/victorybrown_) Björn Balazs LinkedIn (https://de.linkedin.com/in/bjbalazs) Sustain Open Source Design Podcast-Episode 23: Heiko Tietze of the Document Foundation on Mentoring Designers (https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/guests/tietze) Open Usability (https://www.openusability.org/) [The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheAgeofSurveillanceCapitalism) polypoly (https://polypoly.org/en-gb/) UI Colors (https://uicolors.app/create) Hold Fast (Vimeo) (https://vimeo.com/15351476) Aviyel (https://aviyel.com/) KDE (https://kde.org/) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Björn Balazs.

Chris Martin is an editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing, and communications consultant. He writes regularly in his Substack newsletter, Terms of Service, and is publishing a book by the same name in February. Today, Chris shares how he was led into ministry, got a job working in publishing, and why he thinks social media does more harm than good. We have an extensive conversation about what social media is doing to us, common misconceptions, and what we can do to think more critically about it. Every Christian should be asking and seeking answers to these questions. Chris' story reminds us that God often leads through our circumstances to the exact place we need to be. Listen to Chris' story now! Stories Chris shared: Growing up in a Christian family in Indiana Thinking of faith in very transactional terms as a child The Sunday School teacher who led him to Christ Choosing to go to Taylor for college The intervention his friends staged to go into ministry How having theological debates shaped him Not getting a scholarship to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Getting a job in social media and going to seminary The car accident that gave him a sense of reverence for the Lord Coaching authors on how to use social media How social media is shaping us Great quotes from Chris: I want you to steward your gifts better on the internet. Even though I'd grown up in church, I'd never been taught theology. Man created social media to serve man; but man has come to serve social media. Social media are not neutral tools that can be used for good or evil. Resources we mentioned: Chris's website Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media by Chris Martin Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Related episodes: Jay Kim and Why We Need Real People Felicia Song and Digital Discipleship Phil Mershon and the Creative's Journey The post Chris Martin and How Social Media Shapes Us appeared first on Eric Nevins.

If you have been fortunate enough to travel to new cities, in countries other than your own, it is more than likely your travels in and through this new city was mediated. Not just in the myriad ways we've been discussing so far in this series, but increasingly through a specific kind of media form: ‘platforms'. Your accommodation and sightseeing arranged through Airbnb or TripAdvisor; your local travels negotiated with the help of Google Maps or Citymapper; rides hailed through Uber or Lyft; evening meal delivered via Grubhub or Just Eat. When you are in your own city or locale, you probably use some of these platforms, alongside many others. What exactly constitutes a platform, in general, and in relation to urban life specifically, is somewhat up for grabs. In this episode, we explore different perspectives on platforms as new forms of urban media, whether that be as a form of communication, a type of service, a business model, an infrastructure, or even an institution. The popularity of such platforms is clear, and it is not a stretch to say residents and visitors alike find such media useful for grappling with urban complexities. But platforms have disrupted cities too, whether that be their housing markets, transportation services or local businesses. And this disruption seems to brought forth a situation in which platforms are becoming indispensable infrastructures, and maybe even emerging institutions, of urban life. Thinkers discussed: Sarah Barns (Negotiating the Platform Pivot: From Participatory Digital Ecosystems to Infrastructures of Everyday Life / Platform Urbanism: Negotiating Platform Ecosystems in Connected Cities); Anne Helmond (The Platformization of the Web: Making Web Data Platform Ready); Jean-Christophe Plantin, Carl Lagoze, Paul N. Edwards and Christian Sandvig (Infrastructure Studies meet Platform Studies in the Age of Google and Facebook); Nick Srnicek (Platform Capitalism); Shoshana Zuboff (The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power); José van Dijck, Thomas Poell and Martijn de Waal (The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World); Emily West (Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly); Frank Pasquale (From Territorial to Functional Sovereignty: The Case of Amazon); Jathan Sadowski (Who Owns the Future City? Phases of Technological Urbanism and Shifts in Sovereignty); Lizzie Richardson (Platforms, Markets, and Contingent Calculation: The Flexible Arrangement of the Delivered Meal); Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham (The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction); John Bull (Schrodinger's Cab Firm: Uber's Existential Crisis); Niels van Doorn (A New Institution on the Block: On Platform Urbanism and Airbnb Citizenship); Douglass C. North (Institutions); Benjamin Bratton (The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty). Music: ‘The Mediated City Theme' by Scott Rodgers License: CC BY-NC (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine -How Facebook has transformed our political life. It’s not just Facebook, is it? -How has it polarized our political identities? -How has it become so central to our community and political life? -What threats does it pose to democracy? -What did the Facebook Papers tell us? -What are the possible solutions? Guests: Jessica Brandt, policy director for the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution and a fellow in the Foreign Policy program's Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. Judith Rosenbaum, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. To learn more about this topic: www.lwvme.org/democracyforum Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem – The Atlantic, February, 2022 Opinion | The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act is a small step toward solving our social media woes – The Washington Post Editorial January 2022 Autocracy Is Winning – The Atlantic. Anne Applebaum, December 2021 How to fix social media? Start with independent research, Brookings, December 1, 2021 The internet is a battleground. Will democracies win?, Brookings, December 1, 2021 The Facebook Papers, explained – The Washington Post, October, 2021 Facebook Is an Authoritarian State – The Atlantic, September 2021 How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire – The Atlantic, April 2021 The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Awful – Anne Applebaum, March, 2021 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff, January. 2019 Political polarization on Facebook, Brookings, May 2015 Prerecorded on 2/15/2022 using Zoom technology. The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson Starr Gilmartin Maggie Harling Ann Luther Judith Lyles Wendilee O'Brien Maryann Ogonowski Pam Person Lane Sturtevant Leah Taylor Linda Washburn About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 2/18/22: Facebook and Democracy: Can They Live Together? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine -How Facebook has transformed our political life. It’s not just Facebook, is it? -How has it polarized our political identities? -How has it become so central to our community and political life? -What threats does it pose to democracy? -What did the Facebook Papers tell us? -What are the possible solutions? Guests: Jessica Brandt, policy director for the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution and a fellow in the Foreign Policy program's Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. Judith Rosenbaum, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. To learn more about this topic: www.lwvme.org/democracyforum Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem – The Atlantic, February, 2022 Opinion | The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act is a small step toward solving our social media woes – The Washington Post Editorial January 2022 Autocracy Is Winning – The Atlantic. Anne Applebaum, December 2021 How to fix social media? Start with independent research, Brookings, December 1, 2021 The internet is a battleground. Will democracies win?, Brookings, December 1, 2021 The Facebook Papers, explained – The Washington Post, October, 2021 Facebook Is an Authoritarian State – The Atlantic, September 2021 How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire – The Atlantic, April 2021 The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Awful – Anne Applebaum, March, 2021 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff, January. 2019 Political polarization on Facebook, Brookings, May 2015 Prerecorded on 2/15/2022 using Zoom technology. The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson Starr Gilmartin Maggie Harling Ann Luther Judith Lyles Wendilee O'Brien Maryann Ogonowski Pam Person Lane Sturtevant Leah Taylor Linda Washburn About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 2/18/22: Facebook and Democracy: Can They Live Together? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

How would you feel if you knew that someone was modifying and manipulating your beliefs without your knowledge? What if Big Tech uses this power with aggression and as standard practice? How do we know wether our perceptions and opinions about the world around us are our own or merely programming fed to us by big tech and media? In this episode Erich talks about the obsession Silicon Valley has with the behavior sciences so that they can modify human behavior in order to engineer what they deem to be a better society. Dr. Robert Epstein interview with Joe Rogan **correction: I kept referring to an article by "The Verge" fact checking Dr. Epstein but it was actually in "Slate" (2.6 Million Reasons to Keep Yelling About "Bias") Check out Epstein's research: https://mygoogleresearch.com/ "Will nudge theory survive the pandemic?" BY SIMON RUDA (unherd) "Nudge: The Final Edition" by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein "Google Leaks: A Whistleblower's Exposé of Big Tech Censorship" by Zach Vorhies Shoshana Zuboff's book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" -------------------- antivisions.com antivisions.locals.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antivisions/support

In part of 2 of the Surveillance Capitalism series, Erich takes a brief look at the Chinese Social Credit System because it's the premier real world example of surveillance technology. Several years ago they began to implement a social credit system that rates citizens based on their behavior. References: Shoshana Zuboff's book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" "How China's Mass Surveillance Works" by Tech Vision "THE PANOPTICON IS ALREADY HERE" by Ross Anderson (The Atlantic) -------------------- antivisions.com antivisions.locals.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antivisions/support

Shoshana Zuboff's 2019 book 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power' is a long, hard read. But it reminds me of Proverbs 1:17. "For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird..." While the facts and quotes and studies and history presented here are unpleasant to look at and realize, still more unpleasant to imagine is the prospect that all these things would be true and us not know anything about them. For us to not know anything of them and yet uncritically participate in the grand social engineering experiment would be a disaster. Yet knowing what is being done to all of us, and what has been done, is halfway to undoing it and breaking the spell. And we must by God's grace break it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/support

Erich begins a short series on Shoshana Zuboff's book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power". In this particular episode Erich explains what Surveillance Capitalism is and why it's important for us to understand. ______________________ antivisions.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antivisions/support

Выпуск об идеях могучей книги Шошаны Зубофф "Надзирающий капитализм", мужчине, боровшемся с собственным телевизором, и опытах, которые бигтех проводит над людьми. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heresyhub/overview Бонус-линки: Shoshana Zuboff "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" https://we.riseup.net/assets/533560/Zuboff%2C+Shoshana.The+Age+of+Surveillance+Capitalism.2019.pdf Cory Doctorow "How to destroy surveillance capitalism" https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59 Bruce Schneier "Data and Goliath" https://www.schneier.com/books/data-and-goliath/ "Lurking: How person became a user" - https://www.amazon.com/Lurking-How-Person-Became-User/dp/0374194335 Against the increasingly hostile web - https://www.paris-web.fr/2020/conferences/against-an-increasingly-user-hostile-web.php Rediscovering small web - https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/ Про рекомендации Youtube http://mor.yasher.net/2019/07/24/pochemu-rekomendacii-youtube-takie-strannye/ How does Google's monopoly hurt you? Try these searches - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/19/google-search-results-monopoly/ Алекс Пентланд How social networks make us smarter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAGBBt9RNbc https://gen.medium.com/the-decade-the-internet-lost-its-joy-4898c2c44cb4 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/i-dont-know-how-to-waste-time-on-the-internet-anymore.html Федерация: https://fediverse.party/ Таймлайн: 1:10 Спасибо ребятам с Патреона 1:15 Как мужик сражался с собственным умным телевизором 4:00 Люди как имущество бигтеха. Шошана Зубофф и надзирающий капитализм 5:15 Продажа возможностей влияния на людей 7:15 Про опыты Фэйсбука над людьми 10:25 Поиск уязвимого настроения для продаж (австралийские студенты) 12:30 Конкурс правительства на создание психопрофилей + IBM Watson Personality Insights 14:30 Apple и система детектирования фото на предмет детской порнографии 15:45 Надзирающий капитализм - не технологии, а определенная архитектура их использования, закрепленная монополией. 16:45 Как система распознавания эмоция для аутистов стала частью рекламной конторы 18:55 MIT Media Lab и "взлом сновидений" 20:30 Дети начали грубить из-за общения с умной колонкой; ключи для тачки как сервис 22:20 Ранний Цукерберг: люди - просто тупые ублюдки 24:30 Давление и враждебный веб, с которым надо сражаться, отнимает у пользователя радость 25:00 Асимметрия знаний создает власть 26:20 О дискурсе неизбежности как о троянском коне: технологии можно использовать по-разному 28:35 Зубофф: цикл отъятия частной жизни 30:30 Собирательная картинка идеального юзера глазами бигтеха 32:05 Манифест парня о возвращении к сайтам small web как сигнал общей усталости

Policymakers, politicians, activists, businesspeople and even ordinary people are more and more sceptical of digital platforms like Facebook (or shall we say, Meta). This scepticism is not just about the murky decision-making power of algorithms. It's also that there is increasing awareness about the operation of digital platforms as private entities. Entities that do not exist for our own individual benefit. Entities which, even if they have some value as mediums of publicity, or have some public utility, are not publicly-owned. Put simply, whatever they say about their mission, digital platforms - ranging from Facebook to Google to Amazon to Airbnb to Uber - are first and foremost about making money. Making money in a way that relies substantially on extracting data about us: what we do, when, where and how we do things, as well as our explicit signals about why. Very often, this extraction also enables an approximation of who we might be. It is true that data mining can divulge intimate personal details about us. But what is principally happening in such processes is the construction of user models, a profile which we match, often fairly precisely. A model of a situated user that can be targeted for advertising, or marketing, or triggered in various ways to remain faithful the platform. And when users are faithful to these platforms, they generate yet more data for extraction. These insights have inspired a revival of sorts amongst political economy and Marxist approaches to media, towards a new critique of digital or platform capitalism. But is this capitalism? Or is it, as suggested speculatively by McKenzie Wark, something worse. Thinkers Discussed: Shoshana Zuboff (The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power); Anne Helmond (The Platformization of the Web: Making Web Data Platform Ready); Tarleton Gillespie (The Politics of Platforms); Jose van Dijck (The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media); Jose van Dijck, Thomas Poell and Martijn de Wall (The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World); Nick Srnicek (Platform Capitalism); McKenzie Wark (Capital is Dead: Is This Something Worse?); Clive Barnett (The Consolations of ‘Neoliberalism').

In Episode 38, Gregg welcomes back Dr. Zak Stein (see Episode 8). Well-known in the metamodern space, Zak is educational philosopher and author of many well-known articles and essays, and the book Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society. He is also a contributor to the Consilience Project, where among other things he has taken a lead role on a powerful four-part series of essays on propaganda and the current social media environment (see here, here, here, and here). This conversation reviews Zak's analysis of education, propaganda and the concept of undue influence, and syncs it up with UTOK's frame, especially regarding the dynamics of justification, investment, influence and the nature of thought control. ---

Shoshana ZuboffShoshana is the author of three books, each of which signaled the start of a new epoch in technological society. In the late 1980s her decade-in-the-making In the Age of the Smart Machine:  The Future of Work and Power became an instant classic that foresaw how computers would revolutionize the modern workplace. At the dawn of the twenty-first century her influential The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism (with James Maxmin), written before the invention of the iPod or Uber, predicted the rise of digitally-mediated products and services tailored to the individual. It warned of the individual and societal risks if companies failed to alter their approach to capitalism. Now her masterwork, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, synthesizes years of research and thinking in order to reveal a world in which technology users are neither customers, employees, nor products. Instead they are the raw material for new procedures of manufacturing and sales that define an entirely new economic order: a surveillance economy. She is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School and a former Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.AcknowledgmentsA special thank you to Benjamin Monlezun for the use of his original song, Downpoor.The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the podcast host and guests and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy, or opinions of CableLabs.

Eva A. Kaili spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about digital transformation in the EU and the policy framework that is being created or adapted to facilitate the adoption of digital technologies.  Eva Kaili is MEP from Greece, Chair Science & Technology, Chair Centre for Artificial Intelligence and co-founder of the World Future Foundation - very active in shaping European policy regarding digital transformation, blockchain, AI and more.Here is what they talked about: Eva, you are Chair Science & Technology, Chair Centre for Artificial Intelligence, co-founder of the World Future Foundation, and MEP – how does it tie altogether? After your broadcasting career, you entered politics and there you have been focusing on new technologies, science, digitalization and blockchain. What has driven you to this? How has your life as a politician and speaker changed during the pandemic – what has kept you busy? Many commentators agree that pandemics have accelerated the digital transformation around the world. Where do you think the private sector or the governments grabbed the opportunity and where is more to be done? What can the EU do to be more competitive vs. Asia or the US when developing and adopting new technologies? Cryptocurrencies have experienced extraordinary times recently. How do you see the potential of cryptocurrencies to be used as currencies?  Where are with blockchain utilization in Europe more broadly? Lately, it seems the focus has been on tokenization and digital assets, but blockchain adoption has been more selective elsewhere. Where do you see the most significant potential for digital assets and tokenization adoption in Europe? Many people are (somewhat) worried about the rise of AI. What can we do in terms of governance of nascent technologies to benefit from their strengths while addressing the public's concerns? I know you are a fan of Black Mirror. Do you also have a favorite book related to technology (AI, Blockchain or anything else) that you recommend? The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff and Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman What is ahead of you this year in the European Parliament and your outside activities?  What's the best way to find out more about what you do? Follow Eva on Twitter here or  European Parliament Research Service (EPRS app for iPhone or Android)

Jim and Jeff talk with Mike Engle, Head of Strategic Planning at 1Kosmos, about the convergence of identity proofing and password less technologies. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/englemichael/ Learn more about 1Kosmos: https://www.1kosmos.com/ 1Kosmos Webinar "Trends in IDAAS: Secure Workforce Access with Strong Identity Proofing: https://www.1kosmos.com/gate-webinar-forrester-and-jefferies Reading list: NIST 800-63a: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63a.html This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race: https://www.amazon.com/This-They-Tell-World-Ends/dp/1635576059 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1610395697 We Are Legion (We Are Bob): https://www.amazon.com/Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse-Book-ebook/dp/B01LWAESYQ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.comand follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter. Have a question for Jim and Jeff? Ask us here: https://anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Matthew Shadle, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Marymount University, and we talk about ethics, autonomous weapons, and cyber warfare.Sign up to receive the WeeklyTech newsletter each Monday morning at jasonthacker.com/weeklytech.Meet Dr. Shadle:Dr. Matthew Shaydle joined the Marymount faculty in 2014, and lives in northern Virginia with his wife. His writing focuses on Catholic social ethics, especially the ethics of war and peace, immigration, and economic life. His work has been published in journals such as Horizons, the Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Political Theology, and the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.Resources:Cyber War versus Cyber Realities: Cyber Conflict in the International System by Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. ManessThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Powerby Shoshana Zuboff

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Brian Brock, Professor of Moral and Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland, and we talk about ethical technology.Sign up to receive the WeeklyTech newsletter each Monday morning at jasonthacker.com/weeklytech.Meet Dr. Brian Brock:Dr. Brock is the author of numerous books including “Christian Ethics in a Technological Age,” “Singing the Ethos of God: On the Place of Christian Ethics in Scripture,” and “Disability in the Christian Tradition.” He has written extensively on medical ethics and disability theology.Resources:Christian Ethics in a Technological Age by Dr. Brian BrockThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana ZuboffThe Limit of Responsibility: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics for a Globalizing Era by Esther D. Reed

In this episode, Amanda and Jessica chat with librarian Carolyn Caffrey Gardner about ways to incorporate algorithmic education into our lessons. Resources referenced in this episode: Lesson Plan: Analyzing search engines: What narrative is told through the algorithm by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner Teaching Algorithmic Bias in a Credit-Bearing Course by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner ACRL University Library Section PDC: Deficit or equity: Decoding implicit thinking and practice in information literacy On the Media Podcast: “The Disagreement Is The Point” November 22, 2019 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Composing Algorithms: Writing (with) Rhetorical Machines Edited by Aaron Beveridge, Sergio C Figueiredo, Steven Holmes Volume 57, September 2020 Carolyn's Twitter: @ccaffgardner LibParlor Classifieds This episode's theme music: Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go Here's where you can find us: Podcast: @Librarian_Guide Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 Email: InfoLitTeachingPodcast@gmail.com Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!

Today, Steve speaks with Harvard professor, social psychologist, philosopher, and scholar Shoshana Zuboff, author of three influential books on tech and society. In this episode, she discusses the themes in her latest book, ​The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: ​The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power​, the new economic order that claims human experience is free raw material for commercial practices, the expanding attack surface for digital information warfare, and more.  Learn more about ​Shoshana Zuboff​.     Mentioned in this episode:   The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New  Frontier of Power  Read the transcript of this episode  Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts Connect with us on ​LinkedIn​​ and ​Twitter From the ​Information Security Forum​, the leading authority on cyber, information  security, and risk management

Today, Steve speaks with Harvard professor, social psychologist, philosopher, and scholar Shoshana Zuboff, author of three influential books on tech and society. In this episode, she discusses the themes in her latest book, ​The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: ​The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power​, the new economic order that claims human experience is free raw material for commercial practices, the expanding attack surface for digital information warfare, and more.  Learn more about ​Shoshana Zuboff (https://shoshanazuboff.com/book/) ​.     Mentioned in this episode:   The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New  Frontier of Power  (https://shoshanazuboff.com/book/about/) Read the transcript of this episode  (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAE8tMopjEKRB1sF2_Zx6vahnQnMbCA0/view?usp=sharing) Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts Connect with us on ​LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/information-security-forum) ​​ and ​Twitter (https://twitter.com/securityforum) From the ​Information Security Forum (https://www.securityforum.org/) ​, the leading authority on cyber, information  security, and risk management

Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF CEO Steve Durbin about the episodes in our second season focusing on Leadership in a Time of Transition. We preview conversations with retired Southwest Airlines captain and former US naval aviator Tammie Jo Shults; global business insurance leader Dame Inga Beale, the former CEO of Lloyd's of London and the only female CEO in its more than 300-year history; Kate Montague, an actor and expert voice coach with a background in body-led psychotherapy; Shoshana Zuboff, retired Harvard Business School professor and the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power; and innovative physicist Kate Stone, a non-traditional problem solver who has creatively complex challenges, both personal and professional. Steve will explain what links these diverse five experts, and what they have to offer you and your teams of security professionals. Mentioned in this episode: Tammie Jo Shults Dame Inga Beale Kate Montague Shoshana Zuboff The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Kate Stone Read the transcript of this episode. Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter. From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF CEO Steve Durbin about the episodes in our second season focusing on Leadership in a Time of Transition. We preview conversations with retired Southwest Airlines captain and former US naval aviator Tammie Jo Shults; global business insurance leader Dame Inga Beale, the former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and the only female CEO in its more than 300-year history; Kate Montague, an actor and expert voice coach with a background in body-led psychotherapy; Shoshana Zuboff, retired Harvard Business School professor and the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/) ; and innovative physicist Kate Stone, a non-traditional problem solver who has creatively complex challenges, both personal and professional. Steve will explain what links these diverse five experts, and what they have to offer you and your teams of security professionals. Mentioned in this episode: Tammie Jo Shults (https://www.captainshults.com/) Dame Inga Beale (http://ingabeale.com/index.html) Kate Montague (https://www.city-academy.com/tutor/kate-montague) Shoshana Zuboff (https://shoshanazuboff.com/book/) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/) Kate Stone (https://www.ted.com/speakers/kate_stone) Read the transcript of this episode (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VJ2yDIxzHaMJ6x8e_X8Xx6O53rYX0ulZ/view?usp=sharing) . Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/information-security-forum/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/securityforum) . From the Information Security Forum (https://www.securityforum.org/) , the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

Surveillance Capitalism Surveillance Capitalism is the dominant economic logic in our world today. It claims private human experience for the marketplace and turns it into a commodity. Vast amounts of personal data are necessary -- often harvested without our knowledge or consent –- in order to predict future behavior. Surveillance capitalists create certainties for companies by modifying people's behavior. Instrumentarian Power Instrumentarianism seeks to modify, predict, monetize, and control human behavior through the instruments of surveillance capitalism, our digital devices. Having mined all of our data, instrumentarians can tune and herd users into specific actions through triggers and subliminal messaging. It is ultimately a political project intended to install computational governance instead of democratic governance. Protecting Your Privacy A myriad of programs and apps can block tracking and scramble your location, making your behavioral data less accessible or even inaccessible. Since instrumentarians gain their power through our use of their devices, limiting internet use and working in-person reduces the power they have over you. Find out more: Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School and a former Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Her masterwork, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, synthesizes years of research and thinking to reveal a world in which technology users are neither customers, employees, nor products. Instead, they are the raw material for new procedures of manufacturing and sales that define an entirely new economic order: a surveillance economy. In the late 1980s, her decade-in-the-making book, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power, became an instant classic that foresaw how computers would revolutionize the modern workplace. At the dawn of the twenty-first century her influential The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism (with James Maxmin), written before the invention of the iPod or Uber, predicted the rise of digitally-mediated products and services tailored to the individual. It warned of the individual and societal risks if companies failed to alter their approach to capitalism. You can follow her on Twitter @shoshanazuboff

As the year draws to a close, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff to review this eventful year in economic policy and beyond. The guests also talk about a book that has marked them this year and finally, their hopes and wishes for the decade ahead. Events mentioned: Monetary policy after the pandemic, with Janet Yellen Together for Europe's recovery and for a better, more sovereign Europe, with Olaf Scholz The green deal: Europe's growth strategy, with Frans Timmermans Books mentioned:Zuboff, S. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, PublicAffairs, New York.Carreyrou, J. (2018) Bad blood: Secrets andLiies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Knopf, New York.Aral, S. (2020) The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our economy, And Our Health–And How We Must Adapt ,New York Currency, New York.Bratton, B. H. (2016) The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty ,MIT Press, Massachusetts. 

My guest today is Dr. Vikram Mansharamani, who is currently a lecturer at Harvard University and advises several Fortune 500 CEOs. He has a Ph.D., two Masters degrees from MIT, and a Bachelors degree from Yale University. In this episode, we discuss his new book, Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence. He explains when to rely on experts for help, the importance of focus in today's age, the downside of being constantly overwhelmed with options, and why being a generalist or taking a generalist approach to problem solving may be favorable to relying on experts. He also touches on some of the interesting stories from his book, including how Phil Jackson applied these principles during his coaching career and why President Abraham Lincoln built his cabinet with people who all disagreed with each other. Show Notes: (1:40) —Episode begins with what led Vikram to write this book (3:26) — Why information overload led us to blindly rely on experts (4:50) — How Phil Jackson applied some of these ideas when coaching the Chicago Bulls (9:10) — Why we force specialization on young people when it’s not always best (11:05) — President Lincoln’s ‘Team of Rivals’ (14:48) — Why using a pre-mortem is helpful (17:40) — Hiring based on generalists or specialists (and background on why General Electric developed more CEOs than any other company by developing generalists) (20:30) — Deciding whether or not to specialize within your own career (23:30) — What to consider when getting an opinion from someone (26:03) — What to consider when asking experts for their opinion (34:25) — Encouraging disciplined disobedience within your organization (40:15) — End of episode questions End of Episode Questions:  1.What’s 1 book every coach should read? The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshana Zuboff Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Who is one person you’d want to hear as a guest on this podcast? Nassim Taleb (listen to Nassim Taleb discuss how probabilistically thought about COVID as it grew in China on this podcast here) What’s one area you’re looking to improve in over the next year? Learn more about artificial intelligence and machine learning What’s popular advice you hear people say that you think is wrong? Specialize, specialize, specialize! What advice do you have for young coaches who are listening to this? Own your career and think about it in a longer-term perspective and think of each role as a tour of duty. What’s the darkest moment you experienced professionally and how did you overcome it? He lost his job right before one of his children got sick and realized he didn’t have healthcare insurance. He overcame it by taking a step back, slowing down and thinking about the situation and being more calibrated that both highs and lows aren’t long lasting.  Favorite Quotes:  “It’s hard to remain mission-oriented when you’re constantly being managed by influences outside of you.” “Seek out disconfirming evidence rather than confirming evidence.” “If you want to know where someone stands on an issue, look at where they sit.” “If you’re facing an uncertain, dynamic future, then I find it’s really critical to bring multiple perspectives together; you need to triangulate. And the reason you need to do that is each perspective is limited, biased, and incomplete.” “Generalists naturally develop an appreciation for what they don’t know; specialists naturally develop an appreciation for what they do know.” 

Der Podcast rund um Künstliche Intelligenz von und mit Roland Becker und Dr. Sirko Straube. In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit unserem Gast Dr. Hendrik Heuer über die Rolle von Künstlicher Intelligenz in sozialen Medien.Dr. Hendrik Heuer ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Bremen und am Institut für Informationsmanagement Bremen. Er untersucht die Auswirkungen, die die Systeme des maschinellen Lernens auf die Gesellschaft haben. In seiner Doktorarbeit hat er sich mit den Empfehlungssystemen auf Plattformen wie YouTube beschäftigt. Er hat Mensch-Computer-Interaktion und Maschinelles Lernen in Bremen, Buffalo, Stockholm, Helsinki und Amsterdam studiert.// Shownotes:• Dr. Hendrik Heuer: http://hen-drik.de/• Dissertation "Users & Machine Learning-based Curation Systems": https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/4444• Trailer "The Social Dilemma": https://youtu.be/uaaC57tcci0• Buch "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power": https://www.amazon.de/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1610395697• Buch "REWIRE: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection": https://www.amazon.de/Rewire-Digital-Cosmopolitans-Age-Connection/dp/0393082830// Mit dabei:• Hosts: Roland Becker, Dr. Sirko Straube• Sidekick & Produktion: Julian Moeser• Gast: Dr. Hendrik Heuer// Über uns:• Website: https://thinkreactor.com// Folge uns:• Instagram: https://thinkreactor.com/instagram• Twitter: https://thinkreactor.com/twitter• Facebook: https://thinkreactor.com/facebook// Höre uns:• Soundcloud: https://thinkreactor.com/soundcloud• Apple Podcasts: https://thinkreactor.com/apple• Google Podcasts: https://thinkreactor.com/google• Spotify: https://thinkreactor.com/spotify• Deezer: https://thinkreactor.com/deezer• TuneIn: https://thinkreactor.com/tunein• Audio Now: https://thinkreactor.com/audionow• Stitcher: https://thinkreactor.com/stitcher• Feed: https://thinkreactor.com/feed See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shobita and Jack reflect on the US election and the future of conservatism and exciting vaccine news, and speak with philosopher and STS forefather Langdon Winner about the politics of technology today. Winner recently released a new edition of his groundbreaking book, The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology.- Langdon Winner (2020). The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. University of Chicago Press.- Langdon Winner (2020). "The virus is a catalyst, society itself the disease."- Langdon Winner (2020). The Democratic Shaping of Technology: Its Rise, Fall, and Possible Rebirth.- Alfred Nordmann and Langdon Winner (2020). "Interview with Langdon Winner: Autonomous Technology: Then and Still Now."- Shoshana Zuboff (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Public Affairs.- Langdon Winner (2017) The Cult of Innovation: Its Colorful Myths and Rituals.- Langdon Winner (2010). "The Odyssey of Captain Beefheart: Rolling Stone’s 1970 Cover Story." Rolling Stone.- Tim Wu (2010). The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires. Oxford University Press.Transcript available at thereceivedwisdom.org

This is such a needed conversation, please share with those in healthcare!! Today’s guest was a driving force in the planning for and coordination of the Mount Sinai Medical Center’s 7-story Skolnick Surgical Tower and 34K sq ft Hildebrandt Emergency Center, in Miami, FL, simultaneous projects totalling $275M. Meet my friend Nate Yuen who is currently bringing that expertise to the University of Miami Health System as the Executive Director of Value Analysis, I am honored to have worked as a vendor with Nate on the Mount Sinai projects, and his ability to balance it all, continues to astonish me. I have been looking forward to this conversation and today we jump into the relationship of the hospital admin and vendor while providing an in-depth look into these forward thinking projects. Topics discussed include future proofing, modularity and expectation management, as well as cyber security and bottlenecks in technology. I hope you enjoy many takeaways from this conversation and I plan to build on this important conversation on the vendor/admin relationship, something we in the healthcare industry will benefit from. Please share and provide feedback - If you would like to be a guest or have a conversation about a topic you would like HC360 to discuss, please click below and choose a time to talk with Scott! https://calendly.com/healthcare360/hc360-podcast-inquiry Also check out our newly released podcast videos on YouTube at Healthcare 360 with Scott E. Burgess. Thank you for being a part of the Healthcare360 Nation. Healthcare360 Host: Scott E. Burgess www.ScottEBurgess.com Burgess@ScottEBurgess.com Healthcare360 Magic Maker: Michelle Burgess MagicMaker@ScottEBurgess.com Guest Contact Info: Nate Yuen linkedin.com/in/nate-yuen-b883b113 https://people.miami.edu/profile/nxy106@miami.edu Referenced Info: Mount Sinai’s Skolnick Surgical Tower, Miami Beach Steven D. Sonenreich - President & CEO Matt Barnard linkedin.com/in/matt-barnard-ra-leed-ap-00322120 https://umiamihealth.org/ Dr. Joseph Lamelas Healthcare 360 #55 with Dr. Jeff Gusky Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL Hospital. Dr. Joseph Lamelas’ Miami Method https://news.miami.edu/stories/2019/01/cardiac-surgeon-brings-the-miami-method-to-uhealth.html Dr. Peter Lamelas linkedin.com/in/peterlamelasmd Dr. John C. Chaloupka Image Stream Orbey, Olympus https://www.olympus-global.com/ Healthcare 360 #038 with John Murillo Dr. Allen B. Kantrowitz Alex Mendez CFO linkedin.com/in/alex-mendez-845888109 Zeego and Pheno -Siemens https://www.siemens.com/global/en.html Maquet Getinge Group Healthcare 360 #002 with Tatiana Gumerez of Perkins and Will Healthcare 360 #014 with Dr. Brent Lacey This Week in Google | Latest Google & Cloud Computing News Podcast This Week in Android https://www.androidauthority.com/ Pushkin Industries Malcolm Gladwell The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win Libby https://www.overdrive.com/ https://www.270surgical.com/ https://caresyntax.com/ Healthcare 360 #006 with caresyntax’s Co-Founder Bjoern Von Siemens Healthcare 360 #008 with Tom Solet Crown Medical Group Eddie Messer linkedin.com/in/eddiemesser Dom Salzano linkedin.com/in/dominic-salzano-ms-mba-16384212 Healthcare 360 #037 with Vottun’s CEO Rohan Hall The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Zuboff, Shoshana: 9781610395694 ABBREVIATIONS: GPO - Group Purchasing Organization MOR - Monthly Operational Reviews QVR - Quarterly Visit Reviews OR - Operating Room ABG’s - Arterial Blood Gases PRI Line - Primary Rate Interface DAA - Direct Anterior Approach EVS - Environmental Services Department VNA - Vendor Neutral Archives Ai - Artificial Intelligence ML - Machine Learning EHR - Electronic Health Record Music provided by: IMMEX - Blue Shark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1pmz9IJ1CA Graphic Design by: Waqar Mughal waqarstudio92@gmail.com

In this best-of episode, originally published in February 2019, Kara Swisher talks with Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff about her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Zuboff talks about the way tech companies have eroded democracy, why she coined the term "surveillance capitalism," and what can be done about it. Featuring: Shoshana Zuboff (@shoshanazuboff), author, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: On Recode Media, Peter Kafka interviews business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters about the collision of tech and media. On Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the big tech news stories of the week, who's winning, who's failing, and what comes next. And on Season 1 of Land of the Giants, Jason Del Rey chronicled the rise of Amazon. On Season 2, Peter Kafka and Rani Molla examined "the Netflix effect." About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel O'Dwyer is a lecturer in Digital Cultures in the School of Visual Culture in the National College of Art & Design, (NCAD) Dublin. Among other things she coordinates modules on Economies of Culture and Digital Cultures and teach electives on topics such as Art and Money, Tactical Media and the Politics of Algorithms and Networks. She is formerly a Media and Communications Research Fellow in CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin, a Government of Ireland Scholar and a Fulbright scholar at UC Irvine, California's Future of Money Research Institute.Erin B. Taylor is a consultant, researcher and writer with 17 years of experience designing and implementing projects, directing teams, managing budgets, and producing outputs for diverse audiences. She holds a PhD in Socio Cultural Anthropology from Sydney University and was a postdoctoral researcher on financial mobility at the University of Lisbon.  Erin is the co-founder of Canela Consulting, an ethnography-driven research and consulting group focused on finance and technology. Her topical specializations include questions on financial stress & financial inclusion, impact on new regulations & products on consumers, economic value & attitudes that shape society and more.In today's episode Erin and Corina talk to Rachel, a speaker at the Anthropology + Technology 2020 conference taking place on October 9th online. As the host of the fintech stream, Erin takes us through the setup and gives us some hints on what to expect. Rachel, as one of the speakers on her panel gives us a preview of her talk and takes us through her innovative work on surveillance capitalism, mobile networks and payments. What is surveillance capitalism? What are some of the effects of surveillance capitalism on consumers? Rachel and Erin reflect on the similarities between the field of art and the field of money research. What do art and money have in common? At the end both reflect on what would an ideal research center look like and share their expectations of the conference and those in attendance. Episode Links:Anthropology + Technology Conference 2020, 9th , 12th October, https://www.anthtechconf.co.uk/Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of PowerMoving Through Sound: The Role of Mobile Sonic Technologies in a User's Experience of Urban Place London: Lambert Academic Publishing, (Monograph published from M.Phil thesis), 2010.​Whitespaces: A Political Economy of Radio Currently Under Review with MIT Press, Leonardo SeriesRachel O'Dwyer: http://www.rachelodwyer.comErin Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinbtaylor/           

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the latest documentary to hit Netflix. Silicon Valley tech industry leaders expose the underlying layers of social media and the features that make them addicting. In today’s episode, we will discuss “The Social Dilemma” and dive into the valuable points brought up in this film. Take a sip with us as we discuss fake news, picture perfect lifestyles, and the moments we no longer pay for a product, and instead BECOME the product.Click to watch "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix! Keep up with the #FemmeTeaParty @Femme_Tea& Your Hosts;Kat @hereskatBibi @bibilovesradyGeri @gerardineperaltaThe Social Dilemma Interviewees:Tristan Harris - Co-Founder, HumaneTech. Former Google Design Ethicist. Aza Raskin - Co-Founder, HumaneTechJustin Rosenstein - Co-founder One Project & Asana. Advisor at HumaneTechShoshana Zuboff - Author, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of PowerJaron Lanier - Computer scientist & founding father of virtual realityTim Kendall - CEO of Moment & Former President of PinterestRashida Richardson - Director of Policy Research at AI Now InstituteRenée DiResta - Technical research manager at Stanford Internet ObservatoryDr. Anna Lemke - Psychiatrist, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford UniversityRoger McNamee - Businessman, investor, & Author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook CatastropheGuillaume Chaslot - Former Google software engineer, Trustworthy AI / Mozilla Fellow, Algo Transparency & Advisor at Center for Humane Technology Resources:https://allabouteve.co.in/the-social-dilemma-netflix-documentary/

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Playwright, professor, director, and Carl Brandon and Otherwise-award winning writer Andrea Hairston talks with Gary about the necessity of reading during hard times, the appeal of hefty nonfiction titles as well as epic fantasy, the odd satisfaction of a virtual book tour, Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurisms, and her new novel Master of Poisons. Books mentioned include: Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renee Thomas Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

Tidigare ville teknikjättarna veta vad du klickar på. Nu vill de veta hur du mår. De är ute efter dina känslor och vad du tänker på. Tack vare coronakrisen kan de få veta det. När det nya coronaviruset ska spåras visar det sig att vi är beroende av de stora tech-företagen i Kalifornien för att göra det. Tekniken som styr våra telefoner och smarta apparater behövs för att kontrollera smittspridningen. Men vårt beroende av techjättarnas tjänster har en baksida. Info om oss säljs vidare, utan att vi förstår hur det går till eller har insyn i hur informationen används. De vet allt om oss vi vet inget om dem. Reportaget gör flera referenser till socialpsykologen och Harvardprofessorn Shoshana Zuboffs bok "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power", utgiven 2019. I programmet medverkar: Christel Backman, forskare inom övervakningsstudier på Göteborgs Universitet, Sonja Buchegger, professor i datavetenskap KTH. Programmet är en repris och sändes första gången den 12 maj 2020. Programledare Marcus Hansson Producent Peter Normark peter.normark@sverigesradio.se

Surveillance Capitalism Surveillance Capitalism is the dominant economic logic in our world today. It claims private human experience for the marketplace and turns it into a commodity. Vast amounts of personal data are necessary -- often harvested without our knowledge or consent –- in order to predict future behavior. Surveillance capitalists create certainties for companies by modifying people's behavior. Instrumentarian Power Instrumentarianism seeks to modify, predict, monetize, and control human behavior through the instruments of surveillance capitalism, our digital devices. Having mined all of our data, instrumentarians can tune and herd users into specific actions through triggers and subliminal messaging. It is ultimately a political project intended to install computational governance instead of democratic governance. Protecting Your Privacy A myriad of programs and apps can block tracking and scramble your location, making your behavioral data less accessible or even inaccessible. Since instrumentarians gain their power through our use of their devices, limiting internet use and working in-person reduces the power they have over you. Find out more: Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School and a former Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Her masterwork, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, synthesizes years of research and thinking to reveal a world in which technology users are neither customers, employees, nor products. Instead, they are the raw material for new procedures of manufacturing and sales that define an entirely new economic order: a surveillance economy. In the late 1980s, her decade-in-the-making book, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power, became an instant classic that foresaw how computers would revolutionize the modern workplace. At the dawn of the twenty-first century her influential The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism (with James Maxmin), written before the invention of the iPod or Uber, predicted the rise of digitally-mediated products and services tailored to the individual. It warned of the individual and societal risks if companies failed to alter their approach to capitalism. You can follow her on Twitter @shoshanazuboff

Tidigare ville teknikjättarna veta vad du klickar på. Nu vill de veta hur du mår. De är ute efter dina känslor och vad du tänker på. Tack vare coronakrisen kan de få veta det. När det nya coronaviruset ska spåras visar det sig att vi är beroende av de stora tech-företagen i Kalifornien för att göra det. Tekniken som styr våra telefoner och smarta apparater behövs för att kontrollera smittspridningen. Men vårt beroende av techjättarnas tjänster har en baksida. Info om oss säljs vidare, utan att vi förstår hur det går till eller har insyn i hur informationen används. De vet allt om oss vi vet inget om dem. Reportaget gör flera referenser till socialpsykologen och Harvardprofessorn Shoshana Zuboffs bok "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power", utgiven 2019. I programmet medverkar: Christel Backman, forskare inom övervakningsstudier på Göteborgs Universitet, Sonja Buchegger, professor i datavetenskap KTH. Programledare Marcus Hansson Producent Peter Normark peter.normark@sverigesradio.se

Governments across the globe, from China, India, to Norway, are developing intelligent surveillance technologies, often in close collaboration with private tech companies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it safe to use these contact tracing apps? What could be the consequences for society in the long run?In this podcast episode, Hallvard talks with Tereza Kuldova, a social anthropologist and Senior Researcher at the Work Research Institute. Tereza is currently working on the topics of algorithmic governance, surveillance, and artificial intelligence in policing and the welfare state. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology. For more information, please visit: www.tereza-kuldova.com. See Tereza talk about this topic at the conference Imagining The Post-Coronavirus World https://youtu.be/j7oRFvegW9A?t=1007 Video from the conference Imagining The Post-Coronavirus World Read more: Tereza is the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology - http://www.extreme-anthropology.com https://www.algorithmic-governance.com/ Günther Anders - The Obsolescence of Privacy, 1958 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/count.2017.0073?journalCode=count Kuldova, T. (2020) Imposter Paranoia in the Age of Intelligent Surveillance: Policing Outlaws, Borders and Undercover Agents. Journal of Extreme Anthropology 4(1): 45-73 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.7813 Ananny, M., and K. Crawford. 2018. ‘Seeing without Knowing: Limitations of the transparency ideal and its application to algorithmic accountability.' New Media & Society 20 (3): 973-989. Benjamin, R. 2019. Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Medford, MA: Polity Press. Finn, E. 2017. What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Jensen, B. M., C. Whyte, and S. Cuomon. 2019. ‘Algorithms at War: The Promise, Peril, and Limits of Artificial Intelligence.' International Studies Review 0: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viz025. Katzenbach, C., and L. Ulbricht. 2019. ‘Algorithmic Governance.' Internet Policy Review 8 (4): 1-18. Morozov, E. 2013. To Save Everything, Click Here. NY: Public Affairs. Noble, S. U. 2018. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. New York: New York University Press. O'Neil, C. 2016. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown. Susskind, J. 2018. Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Valentine, S. 2019. ‘Impoverished Algorithms: Misguided Governmnents, Flawed Technologies, and Social Control.' Fordham Urban Law Review46 (2): 364-427. Zuboff, S. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. London: Profile Books.

Governments across the globe, from China, India, to Norway, are developing intelligent surveillance technologies, often in close collaboration with private tech companies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it safe to use these contact tracing apps? What could be the consequences for society in the long run?In this podcast episode, Hallvard talks with Tereza Kuldova, a social anthropologist and Senior Researcher at the Work Research Institute. Tereza is currently working on the topics of algorithmic governance, surveillance, and artificial intelligence in policing and the welfare state. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology. For more information, please visit: www.tereza-kuldova.com. See Tereza talk about this topic at the conference Imagining The Post-Coronavirus World https://youtu.be/j7oRFvegW9A?t=1007 Video from the conference Imagining The Post-Coronavirus World Read more: Tereza is the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology - http://www.extreme-anthropology.com https://www.algorithmic-governance.com/ Günther Anders - The Obsolescence of Privacy, 1958 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/count.2017.0073?journalCode=count Kuldova, T. (2020) Imposter Paranoia in the Age of Intelligent Surveillance: Policing Outlaws, Borders and Undercover Agents. Journal of Extreme Anthropology 4(1): 45-73 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.7813 Ananny, M., and K. Crawford. 2018. ‘Seeing without Knowing: Limitations of the transparency ideal and its application to algorithmic accountability.’ New Media & Society 20 (3): 973-989. Benjamin, R. 2019. Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Medford, MA: Polity Press. Finn, E. 2017. What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Jensen, B. M., C. Whyte, and S. Cuomon. 2019. ‘Algorithms at War: The Promise, Peril, and Limits of Artificial Intelligence.’ International Studies Review 0: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viz025. Katzenbach, C., and L. Ulbricht. 2019. ‘Algorithmic Governance.’ Internet Policy Review 8 (4): 1-18. Morozov, E. 2013. To Save Everything, Click Here. NY: Public Affairs. Noble, S. U. 2018. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. New York: New York University Press. O’Neil, C. 2016. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown. Susskind, J. 2018. Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Valentine, S. 2019. ‘Impoverished Algorithms: Misguided Governmnents, Flawed Technologies, and Social Control.’ Fordham Urban Law Review46 (2): 364-427. Zuboff, S. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. London: Profile Books.

Canadian researcher Kate Tilleczek, Canada Research Chair on Youth, Education & Global Good, addresses the impact of online education on child development, during COVID-19 and beyond. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, millions more children than ever are learning at home- and online. But the transition to increasingly digital and online environments for youth education was happening, and as usual, it happened with little pause to consider how much digital is a good thing, and how the personal and physical can find a balance with the remote and digital to best serve learning and well-being.  Dr. Tilleczek offers wise counsel to parents and educators everywhere: “With the pandemic, we really have a moment to reset, and see what makes the most sense for us as a society.”Key takeaways from this conversation:- How young people are processing their own immersion in digital channels of communication, socialization, and learning- How the social distancing-created explosion of remote learning has created an opportunity to observe the impact of the always-online life- The observed and measurable impact of globalized tech immersion in young people, including the decline of social skills and increased anxiety, isolation, and marginalization- How current research is exploring the rising self-awareness of the detrimental effects of tech overload across generations and finding solutions within that consciousness- The ways young people can, post- and mid-COVID, build balance and wellness into their digital-enabled livesSupportThis podcast is made possible by you — our listeners all over the world — from Brazil to Australia, the USA to Singapore. Please support the JOMO(cast) for just $3 a month. Sign up at patreon.com/jomocast. Thank you for supporting the content that supports you. Go Deeper Sign Up for 7 Days of JOMO Quests, a free series of science-backed challenges to reclaim joyexperiencejomo.com/free-resources  Follow @experiencejomo on Instagram, Facebook + Twitter ResourcesThe references and ideas mentioned in this episode: Learn, contribute, and participate with the Young Lives Research Laboratory at York UniversityRead Kate's most recent book:  Youth in the Digital Age: Paradox, Promise, Predicament (Youth, Young Adulthood and Society)Follow Young Lives Research Laboratory on FacebookKate on  Research MinuteKate recommends: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" by Shoshana ZuboffFavorite Quotes:“It says a lot to me about some of the limits that we're reaching in technology when something so easy and simple [as handwritten letters to students] looks like a major breakthrough to people.”“Young people are suggesting to me that they want to reassess how technology is helping with… health, mental health, employment, environment, etc.”“With the pandemic, we really have a moment to reset, and see what makes the most sense for us as a society.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

J'ai fait un petit questionnaire pour avoir ton avis sur le podcast et m'aider à le faire évoluer, ça me ferait plaisir que tu prennes 5 minutes pour le remplir : https://forms.gle/zWtiEY9QH7zFA3fN7 .---------L'invité de la semaine est Ibrahim Bechrouri.Ibrahim est doctorant en sciences politiques et enseignant au John Jay College à New York. Dans cet épisode, il nous explique le danger de l’utilisation de nos données personnelles sur internet par les gouvernements et par les entreprises privées. Ibrahim nous décrit aussi comment se déroule la surveillance des musulmans à New York et les techniques surprenantes qui sont employées.Bonne écoute ! :)  ---------Références :NYPDMichel FoucaultApplication SignalCambridge AnalyticaRGPDJose Pimentel(T)errorBourse FulbrightColumbia University Les conseils lecture / podcast :La Société d'exposition - Désir et désobéissance à l'ère numérique, Bernard e. HarcourtThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Hardcover, Shoshana ZuboffThe InterceptDeconstructed, avec Mehdi HasanIntercepted, Jeremy ScahillLa biographie du Prophète ﷺAutobiographie de Malcom X, de Alex Haley  Pour contacter Ibrahim :ibrahim.bechrouri@gmail.comLinkedIn---------Si vous souhaitez me contacter : abdelrahmen@muslim-makers.comFacebook

During the Munich Strategy Forum 2019, host Mark Leonard sat down Toomas Ilves, the former president of Estonia aka the first smart country and “digital nation” in the world. What could we learn from this small EU member state when it comes to digitalisation? How did the digital revolution change foreign relations and international relations? And what role does Europe play it in? Frankly, does it play any role at all? Toomas Ilves points out how the lack of a common digital market puts the EU behind in advancing innovation and digitalisation in the 21st century. He urges Europe to finally merge the “two cultures” of sciences/tech and humanities to become a digital player in the world. This podcast was recorded on 2 December 2019. Bookshelf: • Two cultures by C.P. Snow • LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media by Peter W. Singer • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

主播丨徐涛 嘉宾丨李蓉慧 后期制作丨迪卡普里鑫 又到了一年年末，2019年，硅谷早知道第3季推出了40期节目，本集节目是第3季的最后一期，也算是我们2019年的收官之作。 那这期节目里，有对硅谷未来环境变化的预测，也有对各大媒体2019年总结的盘点，同时我们也会向各位推荐一些好看的美剧、电影和书籍，希望各位喜欢。 另外「声动活泼」的新一期播客节目 ——「反潮流俱乐部」即将在2020年1月6日上线。在这档节目里，我们会涉足时尚和潮流圈，并展示背后有趣、深刻的那一面，在节目末尾大家可以收听到「反潮流俱乐部」的一个预告。 另外，想加入「硅谷早知道」微信群，可以添加小助手「声小音」的微信 shengfm1 咨询。 本期节目由数码产品租赁平台「内啥」赞助播出。上内啥，免押金租到全世界好玩的东西！ 在支付宝生活号搜索「内啥」，输入口令「声动活泼」即可一元换购三天金卡会员福利并领取两张五十元代金券。 2019「硅谷早知道」总结关键句 李蓉慧 国内对硅谷的关注开始降温 植根于硅谷的生活方式在影响着很多的地方 硅谷的创业环境已不是那么独一无二 徐涛 快速增长快速成为独角兽的模式，也许只是过去几年的特殊现象，在未来并不一定适用； 硅谷的科技公司正在跌落神坛，社会和政府都会越来越关注这些科技企业可能带来的负面问题，例如隐私、数据垄断、劳工权益保护等等； 尽管消费类科技公司的创新正在放缓，但很多传统产业依然在软件化、数字化和AI化的进程中，因此 to B 方向的创新依然会保持强劲。 2019 各大媒体总结传送门 The New York Times (文章) The Decade Tech Lost Its Way——An oral history of the 2010s (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/15/technology/decade-in-tech.html) THE VERGE (文章) THE VERGE’S GADGETS OF THE DECADE (https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/10/20997215/best-gadgets-decade-2010s-list-roundup-apple-iphone-tesla-amazon-samsung?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0)定义为一种简单的工具，通常是指没有可动部件的单一体成型工具，或是由两三件小零件组合而成，可以用手持操作，通常也是无动力来源或高科技成分，完全依靠手动或简易的杠杆原理、机械原理来操作。 The Wired (文章) The 10 Tech Products That Defined This Decade (https://www.wired.com/story/top-10-tech-products-of-the-decade/) YouTube (视频) YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo) Google (视频) Google — Year in Search 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRCdORJiUgU) The Journal (播客) A Year in the Middle of a Trade War The Economist (文章) 2019 in review: United States (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/12/20/2019-in-review-united-states) ；2019 in review: Europe’s fragmentation and fightback (https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/12/19/2019-in-review-europes-fragmentation-and-fightback) 2019好剧/电影/书推荐 The Morning Show (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7203552/)（电视剧） Watchmen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_(TV_series))（电视剧） Russian Doll Season（电视剧） The Irishman（电影） Marriage Story（电影） The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Age+of+Surveillance+Capitalism&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS720US720&oq=The+Age+of+Surveillance+Capitalism&aqs=chrome..69i57.271j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)，监视资本主义时代（书） 访谈中提及名词 GADGETS，英文翻译为器具，但通常指新奇的、高科技的玩意。 Allbirds，一家美国环保概念鞋履品牌 西南偏南，South By Southwest，是每年在美国得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的一系列电影、互动式多媒体和音乐的艺术节与大会。 BGM Back to the Old House - White Bones（片头片尾曲） Heartache in Heaven - Marc Torch （节目插曲） Christmas Memories (Instrumental Version) - Loving Caliber（节目插曲） Let You Go (Daxten Remix) - Conditional（节目插曲）

Με αρκετή απόσταση από τα προηγούμενα σχόλια ακροατών, επιστρέφουμε και συζητάμε με θέματα που σας απασχόλησαν από τα τελευταία επεισόδια όπως: την ιστορία με την μήνυση που έφαγε ο Δημήτρης (αναφέρθηκε στο επεισόδιο με τη Θεία Σοφία), το αν σας άρεσε και αν θα θέλατε να συνεχίσουμε επεισόδια όπως αυτό με το Dark Web, τις ακαδημαϊκές επιδόσεις του Νίκου, τι έγινε με τα "ιστορικά" μέλη του Podcast και αν θα συνεχίσουμε μαζί τους ή αν θα επιμείνουμε ως έχουμε τώρα, ερωτήσεις που στείλατε σχετικές με πανεπιστήμια και εύρεση εργασίας, μια μικρή βιβλιοπαρουσίαση, και άλλα. Λίνκς: Μας αφήνετε ηχητικό μήνυμα εδώ: https://anchor.fm/fetareport/message Austin Kleon, fan mail συζήτηση στο "Steal like an artist": https://austinkleon.com/steal/ Επεισόδιο "Θεία Σοφία", εκεί έγινε και η αναφορά στη μήνυση για την οποία ήθελε να μάθει ο Γουίλιαμ και ο Νίκος: https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/58 Fanzines ορισμοί: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine, https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fanzine, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fanzine Συζήτηση/Εισαγωγή στο Dark Web (σχόλιο Akira): https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/61 Video "London is a Sh*thole": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzVJw1-YrkM. Όπου μαθαίνουμε πως ο Δημήτρης έχει προσωπικό περιστατικό το οποίο όμως δεν έχει συμβεί στον ίδιο (!). Επεισόδιο με Mikeus: https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/56 Παράδειγμα σχόλιου στο Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/d9z9zr/crossover_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9/ Hardcore History Podcast: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Σαπίλα: https://www.sapila.gr/ (λινκ για Play/App Store εκεί) Ερωτηματολόγιο εδώ για όσους δεν απάντησαν: https://forms.gle/fEmpiCDKLrWGAo1Z8 IT Archetypes: https://www.itarchetypes.com/ Η συζήτηση με τα παιδιά από το "Σαπίλα": https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/60 Λινκς για Βιβλία: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism The Martian Chronicles: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6906016-the-martian-chronicles Storming Paradise: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7150784-storming-paradise Η ώρα του δράκοντα: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24977492 Ο Λόκο στο χιόνι: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25399784 Politics and the English Language: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17118901-politics-and-the-english-language Ο Μοναχός που έγινε CEO – 1000 Χρόνια Αθωνικό Management: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38657601-ceo-1000-management Übermensch!: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27853203-bermensch Λόγω τεχνικών προβλημάτων ο ήχος μας πρόδωσε σε ορισμένα σημεία, ευχόμαστε να σας αποζημιώσει το περιεχόμενο. Η φωτογραφία είναι του Sebastian Pichler από το unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/bAQH53VquTc Υποστηρίξτε μας χρησιμοποιώντας τα ακόλουθα referral links Αγοράστε Feta memorabilia: http://fetashop.bigcartel.com Γίνετε φίλοι του Δημήτρη στο Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dimitry H εισαγωγή μας απο το επεισόδιο 37 και έπειτα δημιουργήθηκε απο τον Ανέστη Τριανταφυλλίδη (https://www.fb.com/anestis.triantafyllidis) Και τέλος, αγοράστε μας ένα καφέ: https://ko-fi.com/fetareport

Με αρκετή απόσταση από τα προηγούμενα σχόλια ακροατών, επιστρέφουμε και συζητάμε με θέματα που σας απασχόλησαν από τα τελευταία επεισόδια όπως: την ιστορία με την μήνυση που έφαγε ο Δημήτρης (αναφέρθηκε στο επεισόδιο με τη Θεία Σοφία), το αν σας άρεσε και αν θα θέλατε να συνεχίσουμε επεισόδια όπως αυτό με το Dark Web, τις ακαδημαϊκές επιδόσεις του Νίκου, τι έγινε με τα "ιστορικά" μέλη του Podcast και αν θα συνεχίσουμε μαζί τους ή αν θα επιμείνουμε ως έχουμε τώρα, ερωτήσεις που στείλατε σχετικές με πανεπιστήμια και εύρεση εργασίας, μια μικρή βιβλιοπαρουσίαση, και άλλα. Λίνκς: Μας αφήνετε ηχητικό μήνυμα εδώ: https://anchor.fm/fetareport/message Austin Kleon, fan mail συζήτηση στο "Steal like an artist": https://austinkleon.com/steal/ Επεισόδιο "Θεία Σοφία", εκεί έγινε και η αναφορά στη μήνυση για την οποία ήθελε να μάθει ο Γουίλιαμ και ο Νίκος: https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/58 Fanzines ορισμοί: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine, https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fanzine, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fanzine Συζήτηση/Εισαγωγή στο Dark Web (σχόλιο Akira): https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/61 Video "London is a Sh*thole": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzVJw1-YrkM. Όπου μαθαίνουμε πως ο Δημήτρης έχει προσωπικό περιστατικό το οποίο όμως δεν έχει συμβεί στον ίδιο (!). Επεισόδιο με Mikeus: https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/56 Παράδειγμα σχόλιου στο Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/d9z9zr/crossover_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9/ Hardcore History Podcast: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Σαπίλα: https://www.sapila.gr/ (λινκ για Play/App Store εκεί) Ερωτηματολόγιο εδώ για όσους δεν απάντησαν: https://forms.gle/fEmpiCDKLrWGAo1Z8 IT Archetypes: https://www.itarchetypes.com/ Η συζήτηση με τα παιδιά από το "Σαπίλα": https://www.fetareport.gr/podcast/60 Λινκς για Βιβλία: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism The Martian Chronicles: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6906016-the-martian-chronicles Storming Paradise: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7150784-storming-paradise Η ώρα του δράκοντα: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24977492 Ο Λόκο στο χιόνι: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25399784 Politics and the English Language: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17118901-politics-and-the-english-language Ο Μοναχός που έγινε CEO – 1000 Χρόνια Αθωνικό Management: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38657601-ceo-1000-management Übermensch!: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27853203-bermensch Λόγω τεχνικών προβλημάτων ο ήχος μας πρόδωσε σε ορισμένα σημεία, ευχόμαστε να σας αποζημιώσει το περιεχόμενο. Η φωτογραφία είναι του Sebastian Pichler από το unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/bAQH53VquTc Υποστηρίξτε μας χρησιμοποιώντας τα ακόλουθα referral links Αγοράστε Feta memorabilia: http://fetashop.bigcartel.com Γίνετε φίλοι του Δημήτρη στο Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dimitry H εισαγωγή μας απο το επεισόδιο 37 και έπειτα δημιουργήθηκε απο τον Ανέστη Τριανταφυλλίδη (https://www.fb.com/anestis.triantafyllidis) Και τέλος, αγοράστε μας ένα καφέ: https://ko-fi.com/fetareport

"The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" is a 2019 masterpiece. It has had a tremendous influence on my beliefs regarding big data technologies.  You can find it on Audible, from your local library, or book store. In this book, Zuboff details the rise of a new form of power which will forever change our lives. By collecting behavioral data from their users, corporations have amassed an incomprehensibly large and detailed picture of our personal lives. They use this data to expand their corporate power and profitability. This, of course, has tremendous consequences for our privacy, but also for our political system.

Emma and Chloe have now spent a bit of time talking about British politics, and they’ve already spent some time delving into the rise of the right--or possibly even neo-fascism--in the US. In popular analysis, it’s basically impossible to avoid references to fiction in discussions about politics on both sides of the Atlantic. How many times have you heard the word “Orwellian” when you read about the state of politics today? But who exactly was Orwell and what did he actually write about? Chloe and Emma discuss how and why Orwell is everywhere and whether it’s useful to use his work to draw parallels to today. Are we living in 1984, or is it Gilead? Does fiction have anything to tell us about the state of the world?Show notesThe tweets30 June, Ann Coulter tweets an article about the Virgin Atlantic “Pride Flight” with her thoughts: “I get annoyed when the pilot talks. This is Room 101 in Orwell's "1984."https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/1145462857057705984@ericrnolan1: Re: the footage of Trump meeting Kim Jong Un:"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." -- George Orwell, "Animal Farm"https://twitter.com/ericrnolan1/status/1145445914221404160Bernie’s campaign manager, tweeting about ICE raids: “family op. How Orwellian.”https://twitter.com/fshakir/status/1142131845309620229Daily Beast: “2020 Candidate Marianne Williamson: Vaccine Mandates Are ‘Orwellian’”https://www.thedailybeast.com/2020-candidate-marianne-williamson-vaccine-mandates-are-orwellianBooks and articlesGeorge Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Project Gutenberg.http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0201111.txtKarl Cohen, “The Cartoon that Came in From the Cold”, The Guardian, 7 March 2003.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/mar/07/artsfeatures.georgeorwell“1984 (the BOOK not the year)”, Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything, August 2019.https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/2019/08/1984-the-book-not-the-year/Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power, Allen & Unwin, 2018.Zoe Williams, “Handmaid’s Tale comes to life in Alabama”, The Guardian, 2 July 2019.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/02/handmaids-tale-alabama-women-marshae-jones-manslaughter-unborn-childDara Mathis, “The Handmaid’s Tale’s Worsening Race Problem”, The Week, 18 June 2018.https://theweek.com/articles/773904/handmaids-tales-worsening-race-problemAngela Jade Bastién, “In Its First Season, The Handmaid’s Tale’s Greatest Failing Is How It Handles Race”, Vulture, 18 June 2018.https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/the-handmaids-tale-greatest-failing-is-how-it-handles-race.htmlMichelle Debczak, “Study: Kids Who Read Harry Potter Grow Up to Be Better People”, Mindfloss, 30 December 2017.https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/521382/study-kids-who-read-harry-potter-grow-be-better-peopleAlyssa Rosenberg, “Grappling with ‘Harry Potter’ on the series’ 20th anniversary”, The Washington Post, 28 June 2017.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/06/27/grappling-with-harry-potter-on-the-series-20th-anniversary/

Adam talks with American author and academic, Shoshana Zuboff whose book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power is about how the big tech companies (Google and Facebook especially) are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to watch how we behave on line and using that data not only to sell us things, but also to make predictions about our future behaviour and even the kind of opinions we 're likely to have. This predictive data is some instances then traded to other companies and organisations seeking to gain a financial or a political advantage by knowing how customers, or voters, might behave.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKSTHE GREAT HACK (VARIETY REVIEW by OWEN GLEIBERMAN)https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-great-hack-review-cambridge-analytica-1203277059/THE PERIL AND POTENTIAL OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (FROM CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE INNOVATION WEBSITE, JULY 2019)https://www.cigionline.org/articles/peril-and-potential-gdpr?gclid=CjwKCAjwusrtBRBmEiwAGBPgE3kVYBBy06B_MCO2nR74oy1ikeYrQXaq79C6feEQZWhd4NmUwDbrnxoCaJYQAvD_BwETHE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM (GUARDIAN REVIEW by JAMES BRIDLE, FEB 2019)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/02/age-of-surveillance-capitalism-shoshana-zuboff-reviewTALKING POLITICS PODCAST - THE NIGHTMARE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/blog/2019/144-the-nightmare-of-surveillance-capitalismRECODE DECODE PODCAST - SHOSHANA ZUBOFFhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/recode-decode/e/58889787?autoplay=true See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Summary:   Welcome to Free Forum, a show that features conversations with people who offer pieces of the puzzle of “a world that just might work” -- provocative approaches to business, environment, health, science, politics, media and culture.    In this episode, Terrence welcomes Emmy-nominated filmmaker, speaker and Webby Awards Founder Tiffany Shlain to the podcast. Terrence and Tiffany discuss her career path, the societal impact of technology, and the inspiration for her book, 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week. They share their thoughts on how the digital age has impacted not just the way we live our lives, but how we think, feel and communicate with one another. Tiffany expounds on her family’s decade-long transformative practice of turning off screens one day each week for what she calls her Technology Shabbat. Finally, Terrence and Tiffany explore what the future could look like for our world if we act swiftly and resist the addiction that technology has inflicted on us as a people.    What We Covered:    03:05 – Introducing today’s guest, Tiffany Shlain  05:52 – Tiffany’s career path  09:10 – Two seminal events that shaped Tiffany’s life  10:29 – The origin of the Webby Awards  13:02 – A simple practice Tiffany has implemented in her life  15:27 – Is technology our doom or deliverance?  21:00 – Character Day  23:51 – Breaking down the relationship between technology and society  26:11 – How screens have become a 24/7 addiction  30:49 – The stress that smart phones induce  32:59 – The Five-Minute Journal  34:20 – Brain science  35:55 – Terrence speaks to his own usage of technology  38:04 – Tiffany encourages the audience to participate in unplugging for a full 24 hours for four straight weeks  40:52 – The beauty of the text Shabbat  43:17 – Terrence and Tiffany speak to the newness of this technological phenomenon 46:45 – Terrence poses an interesting thought experiment to Tiffany  55:01 – Terrence leaves the audience with one big idea    Tweetables: “You could say that I’ve really been focused on this issue of technology – what does it mean to be human, when does technology amplify us and when does it amputate us?” (08:39)    “When you’re this distracted, it’s really hard to do big picture thinking.” (10:13)    “I never expected, I never ever expected, that everyone would be just staring at screens all the time and not being present in the real world.” (11:49)    “It is clear that what was begun as a mission to connect and unite mankind has mutated into a pernicious distortion machine that has disconnected mankind and put us at each other’s throats and, in doing so, has destroyed and is destroying institutions and knowledge that have taken centuries to develop.” (18:56)    “It takes twenty-three minutes to regain your flow when you’ve been interrupted and just seeing someone else’s smart phone go off on the table will distract you.” (30:07)    “It’s our favorite day of the week. We’re not giving up something. It’s literally our favorite day because we’re doing all things that you don’t really do anymore because you’re on your phone.” (39:37)    “It’s such a liberating feeling when you realize you don’t need permission to tell everyone in your life, ‘Ya know, I’m gonna take twenty four hours completely off just to recharge.’” (42:52)    “It’s not healthy. It’s just not healthy do be this available to everything and everyone at every moment.” (52:27)    “I often say that civilization is going to die by convenience.” (53:32)    Links Mentioned:   Terrence’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrencemcnally/    Terrence’s Website – https://aworldthatjustmightwork.com/  Terrence’s Email – temcnally@mac.com    Tiffany’s Websites – https://www.letitripple.org/about/tiffany-shlain/ & http://24SixLife.com   Tiffany’s Twitter – @tiffanyshlain https://twitter.com/tiffanyshlain  Tiffany’s Instagram – @tiffanyshlain https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyshlain/?hl=en    Tiffany’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=623232620    Tiffany’s Book – 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week   Websites Mentioned:   https://front.moveon.org/    https://www.letitripple.org/character-day/    http://couragecampaign.org/    https://5calls.org/    https://350.org/    https://www.waituntil8th.org/    Books Mentioned:    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power   24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week   Documentaries Mentioned:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8GxLP1FHo 

There’s a growing group of inspiring people from around the world who believe that the web is failing us, and envisage a new web, which is more open, private, secure and fun, known as DWeb. Paul speaks to Wendy Hanamura, who tells us more about the DWeb movement; explains why we need to reboot our relationship with technology; and describes what a new online world could, and should, look like. Featuring: Wendy Hanamura, Director of Partnerships at The Internet Archive, and Event Producer for DWeb Camp Show notes, links and resources for this episode: DWeb Camp: https://dwebcamp.org “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power”, by Professor Shoshana Zuboff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1781256845

The third and final instalment in our series on algorithms and the digital condition. In this episode Kiegan Irish and Alex Boos discuss what kinds of people we are becoming in a world dominated by communication media and surveillance. We talk about some of the implications of data collection for our daily lives and the way that companies and governments use data to incentivize certain kinds of behaviour. In the end, we speculate about ways of living and organizing around digital media that could serve as alternatives to the digital mechanisms of control and domination in the hands of the current ownership class. Partial Series Bibliography: Foucault, M. (1979). Panopticism. Harmondsworth: Penguin.   Mehta, P. Big Data's Radical Potential. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/03/big-data-drones-privacy-workers?fbclid=IwAR1Tlicw6EtD-qPvm7SjYJdYqKDvykzB3ecrwJsxJf0yBQdUmKoSkVJoNxU   McLuhan, M. (2001). Understanding media. London: Routledge.   O'Neil, C. Welcome to the Black Box. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/big-data-algorithms-math-facebook-advertisement-marketing/?fbclid=IwAR1Tlicw6EtD-qPvm7SjYJdYqKDvykzB3ecrwJsxJf0yBQdUmKoSkVJoNxU   Stalder, F. (2018). The digital condition. Trans. Valentine A. Pakis. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.   Tufekci, Z. (2014). Engineering the public: Big data, surveillance and computational politics. First Monday,19(7).   Tufekci, Z. (2016, May 19). The Real Bias Built In at Facebook. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html   Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power. London: Profile Books. Corrections: It is said that Edward Snowden worked for the CIA when in fact he worked for the NSA, Kiegan gets his acronyms for shadowy government spies mixed up. 

Author of Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas To Become a Digital Leader Interview starts at 2:38 and ends at 35:46 “I don't think that part of the story of Amazon and Bezos gets told enough, about how he bet on himself and on the idea of Amazon. They stuck with it when everybody was a naysayer. They stuck with it for a long period of time when the stock was flat and there was no wealth being created. I think it's really the all-American dream, how Amazon has progressed. I don't think that story gets told enough. ” News “Amazon debuts a new Echo Show amid Alexa privacy concerns” by Lauren Goode at Wired - May 29, 2019 Echo Show 5 available for pre-order at Amazon.com Interview with John Rossman Rossman Partners Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas to Become a Digital Leader by John Rossman Jeff Bezos's 2018 Letter to Shareholders Comments Mark Isero's Kindle Classroom Project War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, and The Mueller Report The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff Shoshana Zuboff interviewed by Recode's Kara Swisher (via Vox) - February 20, 2019 Next Week's Show My report from Amazon's re:MARS conference to be hosted by Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

I’ve been learning from, and arguing with, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig for a decade now. We have a long-running debate over whether money or polarization is the root cause of our political ills. But our debate works because we share a crucial belief: Bad institutions overwhelm good individuals. In his latest book, America, Compromised, Lessig is doing something ambitious: He’s offering a new definition of institutional corruption, then showing how it plays out in politics, academia, the media, Wall Street, and the legal system. This is a definition of corruption that doesn’t require any individual to be corrupt. But it’s a definition that, if you accept it, suggests much of our society has been corrupted. Here, Lessig and I discuss what corruption is, how to understand an institution’s purpose, whether capitalism is itself corrupting, our upcoming books about the media, how small donors polarize politics, Lessig’s critique of democracy, why good people are particularly susceptible to institutional corruption, whether we should ban private money in politics, and ways to reinvent representative democracy. So, you know, nothing too big or heady. Book recommendations: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalismby Edward E. Baptist Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Powerby Shoshana Zuboff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is social media doing for society?  Its a hot topic and none really seems to have an answer.  Welcome to today’s podcast where Bafta winning writer and political Satirist Jolyon Rubinstein and I argue, laugh, cry, despair and armchair philosophise on everything social media and how it has become a daily part of our bonkers hyper normalised reality. Reading List: George Orwell - 1984  Katherine Omerod  - why social media is ruining your life Youval Noah Harari - Homo Deus  Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Adam Curtis - HyperNormalisation 

Air Date: 5/7/2019 Today we take a look at the impacts, from personal to global, of the paradigm of companies profiting off of surveillance of their users, otherwise known as surveillance capitalism. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   Episode Sponsors: Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: A Threat to Global Democracy How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism Part 1 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-1-18 We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. Ch. 2: How Facebook Helped Trump...Without Cambridge Analytica - On The Media - Air Date 3-23-18 García is a former Facebook product manager for ads and author of Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley. Ch. 3: A Threat to Global Democracy How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-1-18 We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. Ch. 4: Age of Surveillance Capitalism Part 1 - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 1-26-19 The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.” Ch. 5: Yael Grauer: The Billboards Are Watching You. Really. - Zero Hour with RJ Eskow - Air Date 12-11-18 When billboards can talk to cell phones we end up living in The Minority Report. Ch. 6: Age of Surveillance Capitalism Part 2 - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 1-26-19 The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.” VOICEMAILS Ch. 7: Benefits and problems of algorithmic decision-making - Nick from California Ch. 8: Immigration arguments shouldn't be economic arguments - Zach from Atlanta FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on algorithmic decision-making and the moral vs economic arguments for humane immigration policy RESOURCES Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Surveillance Self-Defense Online Behavioral Tracking Surveillance Technologies Privacy International Internet of Things Expose Data Exploitation: Data, Profiling, and Decision Making Data Protection Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Inessential - Bayou Birds A Path Unwinding - K4 Open Flames - Aeronaut Long and Low Cloud - The Bulwark Hickory Shed - Onesuch Village Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!

Journalist and Russiagate critic Aaron Maté presents his dissenting analysis, what he believes is behind the investigation, and how the scandal has distracted from other urgent issues.  We hear a speech from professor Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.” As the Trump administration intensifies its air war in Somalia, journalist Harun Maruf, author of “Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally," discusses the war in Somalia and the seldom mentioned history of how the George W. Bush administration helped overthrow the only force that had brought peace to Somalia since the early 1990s.

Harvard Business School professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. In this episode: Zuboff's background and why she wrote the book; how the economy got digitized; maximizing shareholder value "scraped the life out of so many of our institutions and our businesses"; how surveillance capitalism was invented; why Zuboff uses the term "surveillance capitalism"; how tech companies are like magicians (and not in a good way); and what the hell do we do about this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 122 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 23, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed highlights from the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and a series of articles further highlighting our ongoing "Technology Correction." These included a new fine for Google because of GDPR, and an excellent podcast interview with Shoshana Zuboff (@shoshanazuboff) about her new book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power." Controversy at the University of Oklahoma over a student-created racist video, the precipitous stock value crash of Apple over the past quarter, and Chinese School use of AI-powered facial recognition to take attendance in classes. Google's recent purchase of Fossil's smartwatch division, the possibility that Facebook's recent '10 Year Challenge' is a clever way to build an even greater catalog of surveillance data about people worldwide, and several other articles touching on privacy issues and concerns rounded out the show. Geeks of the week included the 140 character math function visualization platform Dwitter, and the upcoming NCCE Digital Leadership Summit in Seattle. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can (normally) at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links.

Shoshana Zuboff is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. She talks with Leo Laporte about how social media is being used to influence people. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Shoshana Zuboff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Shoshana Zuboff is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. She talks with Leo Laporte about how social media is being used to influence people. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Shoshana Zuboff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Shoshana Zuboff is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. She talks with Leo Laporte about how social media is being used to influence people. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Shoshana Zuboff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Shoshana Zuboff is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. She talks with Leo Laporte about how social media is being used to influence people. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Shoshana Zuboff Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.