Digital Autonomy And The Arts with The Starfire Codes
Jul 10 2024 Gabriel
I spoke with Demi Pietchell from The Starfire Codes to learn from her experience as someone with a long career in online media. We touch on many ongoing concerns such as community dynamics, censorship, the loss of coherence online, and even how that impacts artistic and intellectual creatives. Featured Works: The Unintentional Online Meritocracy Experiment The Importance of Intellectual Honesty Censorship: An Unethical Violation of Natural Law The Loss of Meaning in a Hyperconnected Age Social Fragmentation: Examining the Roots and Finding Reconnection The Digital Autonomy And The Arts Series includes an open invitation for discussing how our digital experience impacts our lives.
Insecurity
Jun 26 2024 Gabriel
It’s ironic that the more the governments try to close their grip over the minds of the public, the more it begins to slip. From domestic turmoil, rising populist sentiment, and even just economic conditions, people are increasingly feeling a need to have a concrete impact on state policy. Instead of simply leaving it to their managerial handlers, motivated people are working to educate themselves and take action on a wide variety of topics.
Understanding Hostile Cyberspace
May 02 2024 Gabriel
To make deliberate decisions to improve one’s own privacy and security, one must make sense of cyberspace itself, and how it can be weaponized. With the benefit of hindsight, it is quite easy to see the traps that were set out for the public. The great news is that there is a phenomenal amount of territory to be reclaimed when people take action. Even a relatively simple shift to offline-first workflows will do wonders to secure control over one’s information.
The EU Plan to Reshape the Internet Forever
Feb 25 2024 Gabriel
The world wide web is no stranger to government control. The Internet itself was created by the US Military, and governments across the world have subsidized Internet infrastructure in all kinds of ways. Many factors, such as the economies of scale, and sheer workforce size give large organizations an immense advantage when it comes to shaping the future of cyberspace. Just as individuals struggle with troubles relating to digital privacy & security, so do large organizations and governments.
Conceptualizing Information Control
Apr 23 2023 Gabriel
Knowledge is power. Control over knowledge is immense power. This power isn’t merely used to advance sciences and create new technologies, instead it’s often used to take control of other people. Almost everyone these days seems to believe they’re surrounded by brainwashed masses. What if there really is something to that? Who, or what, is actually doing the brainwashing? It is a mistake to assume that someone who is acting differently than you is always making those decisions from incorrect information.