Posts for 2019-05-09
One for all you coders out there, whatever code you may be writing or maintaining.
How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind — from a Former Insider
This is from 2016, but still very relevant.
Spirituality for People who Hate Spirituality
Young people rush to register to vote ahead of EU elections – despite government inaction
This gives me hope. We so badly need the next generations to stand up and assert their power at the ballot box.
Facebook Invites Journalists to See New ‘War Room,’ Won’t Let Them Ask Workers Questions
Can you say “security theatre”?
This is why I’m not enthusiastic about Labour trying to agree a Brexit deal with the Tories. Brexit has already damaged the UK at many levels. Better to build a new future from within the EU, for all of Europe and beyond.
Privacy Versus Cloud Services, Continued
The question gets interesting when you realize there are tradeoffs. Privacy protects users, but access to mountains of user data helps make better, faster, more responsive cloud services, which also benefits users.
People should be able to choose the tradeoff they’re comfortable with. Sadly, many companies would prefer not to give them a choice, other than take-it-or-leave-it.
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