PBS Idea Channel. Such a good channel.

Again with that? Fine, have it your way.

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Like so much technology, it’s ruined by capitalism. Content algorithms could be amazing resources if what your algorithm thought you wanted was transparently displayed and easily edited.

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Not every special election is for a US seat, some are for state seats.

Also, the GOP’s majority has been shrinking.

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I remember when smartphones were new, there was talk of mandating by law that they made a noise when a picture was taken, to prevent being able to take pictures surreptitiously.

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Notably, you don’t have to be looking directly at a person to record them with a phone, as opposed to wearing a camera on your face.

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It can be, but it doesn’t have to be.

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You don’t see people recording you with a phone while buying groceries.

Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Notably, phones don’t have a blinking light to tell you they’re recording.

And I feel like I should mention that you are almost certainly being recorded while buying groceries.

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I know the difference: you’re used to everyone having a phone with a camera. Depending on your age, you may have never known a world without smartphones.

They’re just as easily used to record people without their knowledge as anything else.

Reminds me of a Douglas Adams quote:

I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

What about phones?