[nonostantement #408] - digital voyeurism / polarization / big tech & your brain
Now with MORE smart-glasses to detect smart-glasses!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with flexible, massive, and frugal stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi there, I’m Joele, in Barcelona. Every Sunday, for seven years, I send a roundup of web finds: articles, videos, links, and digital discoveries. This began with a small group of curious people and now reaches more readers, like you.
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#PEOPLE
Content is the New Pornography
Why our digital voyeurism is not a reflection of what we truly desireBringing Sexy Back
Internet surveillance has killed eroticism. We need privacy to reclaim it.
#TECH
Ray-BANNED
Glasses to detect smart-glasses that have cameras.AI Adoption Rates Starting to Flatten Out
Data from the Census Bureau and Ramp shows that AI adoption rates are starting to flatten out across all firm sizes.
#SOCIALMEDIA
An Interview With a YouTube Writer Behind 500M+ Views
Understanding YouTube’s Platform Mechanics, Content Dynamics, Talent, and Market Structure
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#THEDARKSIDE
America’s Polarization Has Become the World’s Side Hustle
The ‘psyops’ revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.Meta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
Rather than publishing the findings or pursuing additional research, Meta called off further work.Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds?
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