“Safety and privacy online, especially for minors, are essential. Parents and caregivers are cognizant of the risks and challenges of keeping their children safe online and are at the front lines of implementing bottom-up solutions to keep their families safe.” Read the rest at TheUpload, Stand Together’s blog for all things tech.
“All things considered; Election Day in the United States went remarkably well for a year that has been marked by chaos. Despite the many predictions and commentaries on how deep fake technology would alter the course of the election, nothing of the sort occurred.” Read the rest at TheUpload, Stand Together’s blog for all things tech.
A review published on aiandfaith.org November 3, 2020.
“Social media being the primary driver of societal ruin is not a new idea. Books with titles like Weapons of Math Destruction, 10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts, and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism abound. A search of “social media” on YouTube brings up numerous videos that talk about social media’s harms. Podcast episodes and shows, conference topics…
“Given the subject matter of The Shallows, it seems necessary to state up front that I read the 2011 paperback edition of this book. No dreaded hyperlinks here! Although I did appreciate the footnotes, so hyperlinks may have been handy. Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains is a book I’ve known about since…
“Discussions about technology often seem isolated or siloed from context. Because of this isolation, this lack of context, these discussions suffer. The absence of contextual awareness about history, current data, and legal contexts can have real consequences. We see this manifest in duplicative or needless regulations, a culture less open to new ideas and innovation, or, on an individual…
“For my wife and me, social media was a lifeline during the worst trial of our lives, providing a tangible example of the value of social capital. Our experience offers a hopeful example as we try to overcome social isolation and help one another during the coronavirus pandemic.” Published by Real Clear Policy on March…
“Technological advances transform the human experience and improve peoples’ lives. Those changes and transformations, while creating many positive changes, can mean disruption and discomfort in our own lives and those around us. There are two schools of thought as to how people can best adapt to these changes. One believes that change must come about…
An op-ed I coauthored with Erica Jedynak that was published by Scientific American. Read the full article here.
Interview with Elise Daniel in World Magazine by Marvin Olasky. Edited text version of the interview and the full video recording interview can be found at world.wng.org. Photo credit Mike Kepka/Genesis Photos.