Technopoly by Neil Postman, published in 1993 “Can language models be too big? asked the researchers Emily Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Margaret Mitchell in their famous…| Surfing Complexity
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Careless People| cgbrooke.substack.com
Key Takeaways Information as Power Yuval Noah Harari’s Nexus argues that power stems from the ability to construct and sustain shared information networks—o ...| behorizon.org
The solipsism of social media rests on the false promise of everything being yours: your feed, your network, your friends, customisable and uniquely, ineffably you.| Liberal Currents
The LA Fires and the Erosion of Truth| www.savvymatters.com
An essay on getting away from the scroll. Plus, a new LP recommendation and a gig recap of Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros with the Chicago Philharmonic.| www.noexpectations.fyi
We see it every day and don’t notice it. In our digital lives, where Twitter Blue offers to artificially inflate your reach, for a monthly fee. On vacation with our families, where theme parks allow you to skip long lines, for a price. In our political lives, where bad| Bad Faith Times
«Move fast and break things» war bis vor zehn Jahren das Motto von Facebook. Ohne Kontext wird es aber missverstanden und missbraucht. Vor ein paar Monaten| Das Netz ist politisch
It’s kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network. They show up, insist that they’re the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding what that actua…| Techdirt
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.| blog.glyph.im
Sometimes I think about all of the societal issues I cared about 10 years ago: privacy, government overreach, and platform accountability. More and more as I look at the technological landscape it feels like none of that care seems to have mattered. When I worked on the Societal Health team at Twitter I had a voice and direct impact on these matters. If the feedback I received and still hear from my peers and higher ups holds true, that voice was not only well-received but considered thoughtf...| fabisevi.ch
You have to do it anyway, but you can't ever win| www.infinitescroll.us
We have long referred to our niche of the web as the web industry but never has the term been more congruent than it is right now. I believe this throws us into some conflicts, that we are left deal with alone.| helloyes.dev