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Protect Elders! Ban Television!!
(Some thoughts on the efforts to regulate children’s use of social media) Getty Images Have you noticed how many people ages 65+ watch television every day? According to the Bureau of Labor...
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Deskilling on the Job
Photo 216171598 / Robots Jobs © Victor Moussa | Dreamstime.com When it comes to AI’s potential future impact on jobs, Camp Automation tends to jump to the conclusion that most jobs will be automated...
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Too Big to Challenge?
Photo 148941930 / Robot Economy © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com I find it deeply disturbing that the tech industry represents 9% of the U.S. GDP and only five Big Tech companies account for 25% of the...
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Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network!
Last week, tech commentators were flush with stories about the speed of new users on Threads. Unprecedented downloads! A sign that Meta is stronger than ever! Networks born in one service can transfer...
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Still Trying to Ignore the Metaverse
Perhaps surprisingly, I don’t particularly like technology. And certainly not technology for technology’s sake. My brother was always the one who picked up every new gadget to see what it did. I...
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The Screens are the Symptom.
I decided to re-read Fahrenheit 451 with my eldest this last week. I don’t think that I have read this classic Bradbury text since high school. What I had remembered about the book was that it...
View ArticleBrain Candy, STS Opportunities, and Girl Scouts
I know I’ve been doing a crap job of sharing updates or juicy blog posts. Sorry! Here are some varied updates. And hopefully I’ll pen a proper commentary shortly. New paper alert: María Angel and I...
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KOSA isn’t designed to help kids.
Congress is using kids to hold Big Tech accountable. Kids will get hurt in the process. In a few minutes, the Senate Judiciary will start a hearing focused on “Big Tech and the Online Child...
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Degradation, Legitimacy Threats, and Isolation
New research on census, youth, mental health; a recent talk and an upcoming one tl;dr: 1. New paper with Janet Vertesi: “The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical...
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Struggling with a Moral Panic Once Again
I have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids’ lives....
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