#1270 Surveillance Capitalism is threatening democracy itself - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2019-05-07T22:00
Air Date: 5/7/2019
Today we take a look at the impacts, from personal to global, of the paradigm of companies profiting off of surveillance of their users, otherwise known as surveillance capitalism.
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SHOW NOTES
We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia.
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García is a former Facebook product manager for ads and author of Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley.
We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia.
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The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.”
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When billboards can talk to cell phones we end up living in The Minority Report.
Ch. 6: Age of Surveillance Capitalism Part 2 - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 1-26-19
The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.”
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 7: Benefits and problems of algorithmic decision-making - Nick from California
Ch. 8: Immigration arguments shouldn't be economic arguments - Zach from Atlanta
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 9: Final comments on algorithmic decision-making and the moral vs economic arguments for humane immigration policy
RESOURCES
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Inessential - Bayou Birds
- A Path Unwinding - K4
- Open Flames - Aeronaut
- Long and Low Cloud - The Bulwark
- Hickory Shed - Onesuch Village
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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