Posts Tagged ‘Redes sociales’
“Terms and Conditions May Apply”… depending on where you are
In practice, the Latin American lack of adequate protection manifests itself in the possibility of banks using credit algorithms to decide whether to grant a loan or not, without any intervention by someone with the authority and competence to change the decision.
Read MoreSkepticism about pessimism
The so-called “negativity bias” helped humans survive as a species, but today makes us excessively pessimistic. We must counteract the pessimistic biases and professionals that receive excessive attention and credit.
Read MoreAttention to GAFA (II)
It was thought that what was good for the GAFA was good for the world. It was believed that for the benefits of technology to reach everyone, it would be best to let companies self-regulate.
Read MoreDemocracy in Colombia lacks streets, but has plenty social networks
How to counteract the centrifugal force with which social networks have co-opted social interaction and public debate?
Read MoreDemocracy and “post-truth”
The Oxford dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the 2016 word to emphasize that objective facts and the truth had become less important in the political discussion and elections than the so called appeals to emotions and personal beliefs.
Read More#TheDayWeFightBack
The ease with which we are able scan voices and data generates abuses that affect other equally valid objectives: intimacy, freedom of expression, integrity and life.
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