The break of news raising doubts over the security of open-source software sent shockwaves through the technology realm, more specifically for the communities developing it. Read+ “The sky is no longer blue”
The sky is no longer blue
Fighting ideas, welcoming dissent and other things
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Dawn, 1881
Last week, The Economist brought a jaw-dropping report that shows that the Covid death tally is much bigger than the awful 3.5 million stated today. Read+ “Fighting ideas, welcoming dissent and other things”
Communities are the foundation stone of disinformation tackling
Whenever some disinformation event, agent or consequence comes into question, it’s very unlikely that the scapegoats are not the technology companies, politicians or the state. This is a too-narrow vision. Read+ “Communities are the foundation stone of disinformation tackling”
Inequality, the unsung trigger of disinformation
Russians. UKIP. Trump. Marine Le Pen. Bolsonaro. These are some of the names we often relate to disinformation, frequently accused of manipulating data. The shady, right-wing, unscrupulous, tyrant-wannabe actors are definitely guilty. Read+ “Inequality, the unsung trigger of disinformation”
Voiding words as a disinformation process
Read+ “Voiding words as a disinformation process”“We have to cease to think, if we refuse to do it in the prison house of language; for we cannot reach further than the doubt which asks whether the limit we see is really a limit.”
Right to information
The right to information is one where the will of the individual has little value. Societies have the responsibility to ensure — or even enforce — this right because the subject’s unwillingness to accept such a right compromises others’ rights. Read+ “Right to information”
Audience and content are defined by each other
Any intellectual output has a strong human fingerprint all over it, even if produced by machines. This fingerprint can be made out of authorship, context, meaning, lots of things. Read+ “Audience and content are defined by each other”
Google can be no evil
Wiping out the newspapers’ ad business, Google killed journalism. Western culture is built on guilt, but this is a natural, comfortable conclusion – especially for journalists, to have a scapegoat. Read+ “Google can be no evil”
The digital ad model is the anchor around news neck
In the news business, speed, not content, is the king. Each additional second your site needs to load can cost you up to 20% of the visitors. Read+ “The digital ad model is the anchor around news neck”
What we need is regulation, but not the one you are thinking about
In the more-or-less three decades the Web has of “mature life”, it went through all hypes and moods you can think about. From the freedom-bringer until the surveillance-beast, the global network is still highly controversial and, therefore, worth discussing. Read+ “What we need is regulation, but not the one you are thinking about”