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Right now, we’re either witnessing a golden age of expertise or a crisis of expertise, depending on who you ask. It’s undeniable that technology has democratized access to high-quality information, data, and tools for research, creation, and distribution.
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
(a hidden agenda, note, not a private one). The stranger is no longer treating you as an unknown quality whom one can get to know in the conventional, fumbling way we do when we are oblivious to the contours of another’s life, but rather as someone who has something to hide. We resent and resist this shift in the relation not because we do, in
... See moreLowry Pressly • The Right to Oblivion
We can explore the ways in which our attention is generated, manipulated, valued and degraded. Sometimes attention might simply be a lens through which to read the events of the moment. But it can also force us toward a better understanding of how our minds work or how we value our time and the time of others. Perhaps, just by acknowledging its... See more
nytimes.com • Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times
In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it... See more
sari azout • My Favorite Questions
If I had to capture this metatheme in a sentence, this is the one I would choose: Technology changes faster than people do.
Derek Thompson • Hit Makers
If I believe my inner world is an “ecology” and social media’s algorithms are “incursions” and “extractive”—then I have to think hard about my own part in sustaining the fragile space of my attention, a place I’ve been cultivating with great care all these years.
Lia Purpura Published • The Ecology of Attention
Nadia Eghbal: It’s not just the discovery of knowledge (i.e., learning new things) that’s easier now, but also the validation (where your peers, rather than an accredited institution, decide whether your insights are worth discussing) and distribution of knowledge. Sharing new ideas previously required working with centralized gatekeepers, like a... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
C’est le modèle économique qui sous-tend les sites sur lesquels nous passons tant de temps. Le terme technique pour ce système – introduit par l’excellente Shoshana Zuboff, professeure à Harvard – est le «capitalisme de surveillance».