How did I miss this? Talk "Build a Better Monster: Morality, Machine Learning, and Mass Surveillance" by Pinboard founder Maciej Cegłowski (ht @cynix ):
"Ideally, we can find a way to have decentralized social networks, just like we do in real life."
"Opting out of a site like Google would mean opting out of much of online life (...) [a consumer boycott] is not something we can mobilize a mass movement around."
@dredmorbius Earliest findings on the birdsite date back to April 19 😉
@dredmorbius This only shows that I'm spending less time over there than I used to, I guess...
@stefanieschulte Ha! I mean, /I/ like Maciej, but I still manage to only stalk him once a month or so.
@dredmorbius I follow a number of people on Twitter who like him too (such as @zeynep, @thegrugq or @martinlindner from Germany), therefore I usually get to know about his posts quickly.
@stefanieschulte Maciej is an excellent writer and communicator who should have a much larger readership. If I would use the "birdcage" (tried it some time ago and then lost interest) he would be on my top list of people to observe.
And, BTW, I highly recommend his pinboard.in too.
@cynix @stefanieschulte Indeed! We had the pleasure of hosting Maciej at WebCamp Zagreb 2016, and he held one of the best talks I've had the opportunity to see live! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErHiET5YPw
I think his consistent criticism of Silicon Valley & the tech community is spot-on and much needed.
@stefanieschulte @cynix Well, he only just gave the talk, and may only have /just/ posted the slides.