Podcast

Intelligence Squared - Fighting Back Against Big Tech, with Rana Foroohar and Ros Urwin
https://play.acast.com/s/intelligencesquared/df1a9cad-c5b3-49c9-93eb-ff8b8761623e

How are the ideas and information presented CONNECTED to what you already knew?

I knew that there was incredible danger and the loss of privacy, something that my dad and I talk about a lot (he majored in computer science), but this connected other ways that they provide a threat: through monopoly and manipulation.  I have always heard about the evils of corporations, but those who said that always seemed a little bit fringe, like naysayers.  Here is an actual in-depth analysis.

What new ideas did you get that EXTENDED or pushed your thinking in new directions?

I had never considered users as raw material and data as a resource, like oil or gas.  This extended me to apply, in my head, the standards I would put on those resources, to an extent on data companies.  Monopolies, government control, and cover-ups are things that shouldn't be accepted, but somehow, by many, are.

What is still CHALLENGING or confusing for you to get your mind around? What questions, wonderings or puzzles do you now have? 

I can't quite wrap my head around the effects.  They are so myriad and complex and intertwined.  To me, it seems to be a mystery, just how many factors are involved: national and international law, copyright and intellectual property, small businesses, etc.