Join Gerd Leonhard for Gerdtalks #3: Why Facebook / Meta must be dismantled, how to reboot social media: Feb 21!
Futurist Gerd Leonhard has kicked off this year with a ...
In 2020, will global ‘techlash’ move from words to action? Good read via Politico
“Officials across the EU and North America are finally realizing ...
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Feb 2020
Douglas Rushkoff’s must-read on ‘technology out of control’ – couldn’t have said it better myself!
"The next decade will determine whether we human beings have what it takes to rise to the occasion of our own, imposed obsolescence"
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Jan 2020
Opinion | I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.
“For one, a predominantly online existence can lull us into ...
06
Oct 2019
Social media crack, the sofalarity and FOMO babies: my 3 most popular graphics
… below. Creative Commons non-commercial attribution license applies
29
Jul 2019
Short interview: the future could be heaven or it could be hell #hellven – all depends on wise governance
Just released! In this short clip I talk about what ...
29
Jul 2019
Is Social Media Ruining Political Discourse (must-read via The Atlantic)
GREAT READ, provocative stuff – thanks Jay-David. “YouTube is designed ...
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May 2019
Selling hamburgers with AI? McDonalds loves it
McDonald's acquisition of machine learning startup Dynamic Yield has been ...
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Mar 2019
From efficiency to human agency: Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard on AI
Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard had a good chat last week. It ...
13
Mar 2019
The hidden manufacturing of the self (Nicolas Carr on the new book ‘the age of surveillance capitalism’)
This is a guest post by TFA’s new curator Peter ...
20
Jan 2019
Offline is the new luxury! A short conversation with Futurist, Keynote Speaker and Author Gerd Leonhard
Download the MP4 file: PUBLIC #6-Offline-Luxury-GERD-LEONHARD-Sophia-series-2018 low res2 34MB All else at ...
03
Aug 2018
Facebook is no longer ‘social’ anything – it’s an AI-platform that needs to be regulated (updated)
Last year's reports that some apparently well-funded Russian entities used Facebook ...
15
Jan 2018
What if the Internet Really Isn’t Social? What If It’s the Opposite? (asks Jason Gots)
“Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist at Yale who primarily studies alcohol and drug addiction says that “some people have posited that the Internet is a vehicle and not a target of disorder.”
What If the Internet Really Isn't Social? What If It's the Opposite? | Big Think
https://bigthink.com/connected/internet-gaming-addiction?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook
via Instapaper
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Jan 2016
How websites and apps are designed for compulsion, even addiction. Do we need regulation? M. Schulson via AEON (relates to my digital obesity meme)
Michael Schulson via the great Aeon site
"In the 2000s, users nicknamed the first mainstream smartphone the crackberry. In conversation, we describe basic tools and apps – Facebook, email, Netflix, Twitter – using terms otherwise reserved for methamphetamine and slot machines"
"So should individuals be blamed for having poor self-control? To a point, yes. Personal responsibility matters. But it’s important to realise that many websites and other digital tools have been engineered specifically to elicit compulsive behaviour"
"So should individuals be blamed for having poor self-control? To a point, yes. Personal responsibility matters. But it’s important to realise that many websites and other digital tools have been engineered specifically to elicit compulsive behaviour"
"Major tech companies, Harris told me, ‘have 100 of the smartest statisticians and computer scientists, who went to top schools, whose job it is to break your willpower"
"As with the pigeons, uncertain reward can lead to obsessive behaviour. The gambling industry has been using these techniques for years, too: as Skinner himself recognised, the classic high-rep, variable-reward device is the slot machine"
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Nov 2015
Never offline with the Apple Watch – great gif ! Yet: offline is the new luxury
This really nails it – from TIME magazine Sept 22 ...
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Nov 2015
A nice nice short video clip about caffeine
Found on Reveal via Dave Pell and his fab Next ...
