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A Prophetic Warning: An Alternative View on The Social Dilemma
Last month’s newsletter included five articles offering perspectives on the Netflix Documentary Social Dilemma. Here is an additional response from my perspective: I found the documentary informative, compelling, and effective. It set out to warn of the dangers of...
Is Social Media an Outrage?
Editor's Note: While all of our other features are original to us, this post yesterday by Founding Member Paul Taylor of AllThingsNew.tech was so on point that we are producing it here in full with Paul’s permission. Is there really a secret Silicon Valley bunker...
Recap of Stanford Digital Economy Lab Online Conference: AI and The Future of Work, October 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to synopsize important symposia and conferences, especially by our Founding Members and others with expertise on the subject of the conference. This conference is notable for the high level former and current government, business, and...
Can Facebook’s business model be redeemed?
As a platform Facebook has helped connect people across the world with updates, photos, videos, stories, groups, and more. As a business, it monetizes users’ attention and data about their online behavior and personal interests by selling it to third parties that want...
The Problem with The Social Dilemma? It’s hiding in plain sight!
“The Social Dilemma” opens with powerful quotes from powerful people in social media business and technology. They laud the technology as a “force for good.” A visionary tech entrepreneur sums up excitement and idealism that inspired so many like him in the tech...
The Christian Dilemma with The Social Dilemma
Christians should pay attention to how technology affects their lives and the lives of those around them, but Netflix’s documentary, The Social Dilemma, is a flawed resource for those efforts. It misidentifies the problem, presents faulty evidence, and relies on fear...