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Re: Fookin' GAFM, again
Destry wrote #321124:
Hope for the future? Or too little too late?
How is this hope for the future? The recruits with the most qualms about technology decide not to work at Google et al while the ones with the least go right ahead. And then make their fortunes and start the new startups with the same mindset they started with.
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We can agree, Michael. There’s no hope. None at all.
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You know much of this but this is a very clear explanation of why Gargle is a dictator unlike anything the world has known
There are two footnotes. The first one is well worth reading. “How did Gargle become the internet’s censor and master manipulator, blocking access to millions of websites?” The second sounds interesting too.
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Here’s a good article and a great video full of clarity about surveillance.
There are many examples of Covid19 bringing out the best in people, people coming together to help their neighbours and volunteering their time, money and resources to the health services and the key workers. Many comments and links on this forum are heartwarming, inspired, creative and thoughtful too (much appreciated by me even if I haven’t said so).
When faced with a huge challenge, the best of us is quite capable of shining through. We have all the resilience, kindness and courage we need to make our world incredibly beautiful in spite of all that is happening. Perhaps the human spirit will also soon defeat the other powerful unseen enemies that have already infected us all. There is always HOPE: it is eternal, it is part of what keeps us alive, it is one of the truly real qualities that cannot be killed and we are so fortunate that hope is so accessible right here within us.
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Yes indeed. I think Shoshana Zuboff’s book is on my wish list. It looks like a must-read.
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Shoshana Zuboff is indeed great and her book, Surveillance Capitalism is a must read! Thanks for sharing.
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Shoshana Zuboff from last night’s DiEM25 TV (YouTube).
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colak wrote #322630:
Shoshana Zuboff from last night’s DiEM25 TV (YouTube).
what a chilling spectre she raises IF we don’t wake up and rebel.
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bici wrote #322644:
what a chilling spectre she raises IF we don’t wake up and rebel.
She does and here’s a wonderful little story of where and how the awakening and rebellion should begin.
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Yesterday, Josh Nesbitt of Hey! talked to Laura Kalbag from the Small Technology Foundation (ABA Accessibility for Everyone, Better Browser, site.js) and they had a great chat on a range of surveillance capital themes but also the pinch points that developers find themselves in when employing or being asked to employ big corp services.
The video is now available online on heyst.ac for anyone that’s interested (on YouSchoob, though :-/). Here’s the synopsis:
How can we use the web for social good? What tools and techniques already exist, and how can we retain our rights while we use them? In this discussion with Laura and Hey! founder Josh Nesbitt, we’ll cover technologies that improve our everyday lives as well as powering online movements, and how those same technologies can be used against us. Over the past few years, Laura has invested her time fighting for the regulation of surveillance capitalism, while building alternatives in her work for the Small Technology Foundation. In today’s world, activism increasingly relies on technology, making now a more important time than ever to discuss how technology can be used quickly and safely to spread facts and support action.
BTW: @Bloke: Josh must be from your neck of the woods.
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jakob wrote #324254:
Yesterday, Josh Nesbitt of Hey! talked to Laura Kalbag from the Small Technology Foundation (ABA Accessibility for Everyone, Better Browser, site.js) and they had a great chat on a range of surveillance capital themes but also the pinch points that developers find themselves in when employing or being asked to employ big corp services.
Me wishes a text version (transcript, …) was available for this kind of events / talks. I really don’t have the patience to spend one hour to listen to some people talking, especially when it is hard to understand the language (native English speakers are much more difficult to understand than non-native speakers).
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I sat through it on your behalf, phiw13. It was really interesting.
Thanks for sharing, jakob. I might reach out to Josh since he’s local. Not quite sure under what guise, but I like his ethics.
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Bloke wrote #324264:
I sat through it on your behalf, phiw13. It was really interesting.
Oh, I am sure it is interesting, that is why I am mildly annoyed that no transcript is available.
Listening to the video in the background would mean I miss (misunderstand) most of it. I would need to actively listen the whole time, scrub back and forth when I it is hard to understand etc. 30 min video means about 1h of my time. minimum.
( always grateful for Prof. Michael Hudson for posting his talks and chats to his website with a transcript)
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thanks for sharing! I’m listening now.
Bloke wrote #324264:
I might reach out to Josh since he’s local. Not quite sure under what guise, but I like his ethics.
Do… The worst you can get is a cold shoulder. The only way we can make txp more visible is to knock doors.
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phiw13 wrote #324267:
Oh, I am sure it is interesting, that is why I am mildly annoyed that no transcript is available.
It was on Thursday evening, and their first in that format, so that is missing (at the moment anyway) but I can imagine having a transcript is important to her too given her advocacy for accessibility. She did mention many topics she’s talked about before, so you‘ll find several of her other talks on noti.st but obviously not the Q&A aspect. See also laurakalbag.com for more info.
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