Social, Politics and Whatnot

Social, Politics and Whatnot

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The Holocaust as void
The Holocaust as void
Why I don't know how to mourn my ancestors who died in the Shoah
That gentle fading into the historical background is not to be feared or bemoaned; after all, if everyone were to be remembered, human society would collapse under the weight of grief.
My trip to Poland taught me that the Holocaust worked, even though the Nazis did not manage to kill every single Jew.
·keithkahnharris.substack.com·
The Holocaust as void
Tech Elite's AI Ideologies Have Racist Foundations, Say AI Ethicists
Tech Elite's AI Ideologies Have Racist Foundations, Say AI Ethicists
More and more prominent tech figures are voicing concerns about superintelligent AI and risks to the future of humanity. But as leading AI ethicist Timnit Gebru and researcher Émile P Torres point out, these ideologies have deeply racist foundations. TESCREAL “So another “godfather” of AI, Turing Award Winner Yoshua Bengio has decided to FULLY align […]
·peopleofcolorintech.com·
Tech Elite's AI Ideologies Have Racist Foundations, Say AI Ethicists
Do we need copyright?
Do we need copyright?
The concept of property is a social construction. Animals, such as cats, can own a piece of food, or a territory, but only as long as they are able to personally maintain a credible threat of violence. And animals can only defend concrete, physical properties, such as an area, a dead bird or a tree. … Continue reading Do we need copyright?
·lemire.me·
Do we need copyright?
What is the Small Web?
What is the Small Web?
Today, I want to introduce you to a concept – and a vision for the future of our species in the digital and networked age – that I’ve spoken about for a while but never specifically written about: The Small Web. To understand what the Small Web is, let’s compare it to the Big Web. In other words, to the centralised Web we have today. The Big Web You are allowed to rent space on Megacorp’s servers in exchange for giving up your privacy, freedom of speech, and other human rights.
·ar.al·
What is the Small Web?
Überwachung: Wir sind alle Cyborgs
Überwachung: Wir sind alle Cyborgs
»Unsere vernetzten Alltagsgegenstände sind die Erweiterung unserer Persönlichkeit. Deshalb dürfen wir nicht zulassen, dass unsere persönlichen Daten abgegriffen werden.« –Aral Balkan (original english version → https://ar.al/notes/the-nature-of-the-self-in-the-digital-age/)
·zeit.de·
Überwachung: Wir sind alle Cyborgs
This is all there is
This is all there is
as the people who make objects, we have a profound responsibility. A responsibility to not take for granted the limited time that each of us has in this world. A responsibility to make that time as beautiful, as comfortable, as painless, as empowering, and as delightful as possible though the experiences that we craft. Because this is all there is. And it’s up to us to make it better.
·breakingthin.gs·
This is all there is
Man liest nicht nur in Medien, man liest auch in Räumen
Man liest nicht nur in Medien, man liest auch in Räumen
In Bibliotheken gibt es verschiedene Aktivitätszonen: Veranstaltungs- und Schulungsräume, Räume zum Ausprobieren von Technik, Bereiche für Gruppenarbeit, Arbeitsplätze für Eltern mit Kind, schallgeschützte Abteile zum Telefonieren, Studios für audiovisuelle Medien, Lounges, Cafés, Plätze für Information, Kurzrecherche und zum Anlesen. Aber bieten Bibliotheken auch noch Stillarbeitszonen für konzentriertes Lesen und Schreiben inmitten von Büchern und anderen Lesern? Oder sind inzwischen auch die letzten Lesesäle in hibbelige...
·biblio.hypotheses.org·
Man liest nicht nur in Medien, man liest auch in Räumen
Schwarze Geschichte sichtbar machen
Schwarze Geschichte sichtbar machen
Schwarze Menschen lebten schon vor 1945 in Berlin. Eine der ersten, die ihre Geschichte erzählten, waren die Schwestern Diek. Sie gaben den Anstoß für ein afrodeutsches Selbstbewusstsein.
·nd-aktuell.de·
Schwarze Geschichte sichtbar machen