Metaviews

If we are to accept that all data, is health data, then we also ought to entertain the possibility that data transforms us, at the very least in the form of feedback.
The more data we have about or body, and our health, the greater the likelihood our behaviour will change, hopefully as a means of improving our health, but that’s not always the case.

The pandemic psychology is shifting as most people wrap their heads around how long it will last, and what the world might be like, if and when it ends.

One of the primary reasons that a black box society is anti-democratic is the inability to scrutinize or understand the decisions algorithms make about us.

As part of our ongoing Future Fibre series we’ve profiled communities in Europe and North America, however we’ve neglected our companeros in Mexico, largely due to my Spanish not being as strong as my English or even French. So today let’s take a look at a fantastic project in Southern Mexico that seeks to help indigenous communities take control of the Internet and by extension their economic and political futures.

We can joke that the smart home is just a ruse for the surveilled home, but there’s no reason that has to be the case. It is possible to embrace automation and protect your privacy.

In the wake of this week’s preliminary antitrust activity, there’s been a flurry of responses and a resurgence of recurring narratives. One of the most cliché (and yet still credible) is the issue of capability and proficiency.