in our new beautiful authoritarian world how will the proliferation of vr tech impact our lives?
come out of your dreamworld for just an hour and enjoy aral balkan give you a dose of real reality about big data and all that jazz:
more to read now:
- our guest aral balkan from ind.ie – based in sweden after he left england when pm david cameron promised to ban encryption [and you can donate to help him build a better online world!]
- we mention open street map [which also needs funding help!]
- aral’s “better” product = a real ad blocker that does what it says
- aral mentions “diem25” = check it out!
- fb bans what it does not like even if you are the pm of norway
- fake news on fb radicalize the masses [and keep them in silos….]
- we mention adam curtis’ brilliant “all watched over by machines of loving grace”:
- we mention “weapons of math destruction” by cathy o’neill:
- we mention “surveillance capitalism”, a term coined by shoshana zuboff
- what does all this have to do with vr? you decide when you are done with dancing:
- what about trump appointees? please my friends = educate yourself NOW:
- example of compassion made in vr = nonny’s work:
- let’s end with some good fun: conan in vr is WHAT WE NEED ! ! !
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lets be clear, all what you talk about would be relevant had Clinton won. In many ways worse, as it would have not been seen as relevant. I am not a Trump supporter! Will he be any worse than the Bush or Regan years? Look at there world legacy, the answer has to be no. All politicians are puppets to global capitalism. Just side step and wise up. Then get back to talking about SL. An hour about the New Horizons homes, would have been so much more fun.
Hugs Ella and thank you for listening. We will talk SL for sure at the core of the show but when there is fascism on the rise we need to call it out 🙂 Clinton may be a controversial figure for some but she is not an authoritarian who is now in the seat of power, surrounded by sexists and white nationalists who waited for a long time = http://www.wnyc.org/story/white-nationalism-white-house-what-stephen-bannon-capable
drax, I am right with you on how bad Trump and his “team” will be. My point was about the power of Facebook and Goggle. They will be a challenge to true democratic freedoms, regardless of who holds the office of state. What ever topic you cover, your shows and videos are always a must. Looking forward to Dec 3rd:)
I enjoy my virtual escape from the mundanities of meatspace as much as anyone, but I think it’s interesting to sometimes look around and ponder how the two might be connected.
Trump’s unexpected triumph will surely have a significant impact around the globe, and the emergence of feasible VR is also likely to be a game changer in more ways than one.
The only thing that seems certain at this point is that change is coming, and that events in the virtual and physical realms will influence each other. Bigly.