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š³ļøāšomw to a Pedantic Humanist Degree in lurking social interaction & being chronically online
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This point that you are making is central to our definition of 'botshit', i.e., nonsensical AI-generated content thatās trusted and "used" by humans:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
And here is a related Harvard Business Review article hbr.org/2024/07/the-...
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better late than never!
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āNegative feedbackā downplays the issue here. harassment and threats to safety to female content creators are endemic in online spaces, but especially in male-dominated ones.
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converting journalism into a niche elite activity exclusively for Ivy League grads who place a very high value on career progression was maybe not a good idea
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Enjoy your summer. Seriously. Donāt work right now when you donāt have to. There will be plenty of that.
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This is a good starting point: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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And now itās not forgotten anymore! this thread is basically a crowdsourced theory syllabus
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Patricia Hill Collinsā role in developing black feminist theory, critical race theory and intersectionality is huge too.
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Ruha Benjaminās New Jim Code and Arlie Hoschchildās emotional labor!
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Here are options to use instead of Google:
Chrome > Brave browser / Mozilla fox
Google (search) > Ecosia / Brave / duck duck go
Gmail > proton mail / tuta
Docs > proton / cryptad / only office
Calendar > timetree / fossify / proton
Data is the new oil, donāt give them your data.
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Apologies. Didnāt see your bio before commenting.
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This is obviously not useful for a history of tech class, but I really like this piece for conveying how different means of engaging with technology can produce qualitatively different outcomes: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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