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Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 29, 2018

Categorized
Data Privacy, Ethics

Tagged
corporate surveillance, education, Google, Surveillance}

Google is collecting data on schoolkids

_{Some say it’s okay because the firm supplies a lot of free software and hardware to schools} _{Mind Matters

September 29, 2018

4

Data Privacy, Ethics}

Many parents may not be content to let matters rest there; they might prefer to pay taxes for school equipment and have less surveillance in our lives overall. Read More ›

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Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 25, 2018

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Silicon Valley, Surveillance}

Google Powering China’s Snoop Culture

_{They’ve suppressed the memo but can’t suppress the uproar around it} _{Mind Matters

September 25, 2018

4

Ethics}

It may at first seem deeply ironic that a Silicon Valley ostensibly committed to liberal values would help to unleash this storm. But a political analyst carefully traces the growth in its enthusiasm for “smart government,” using the tools of information technology for social engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 16, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Events, Social Factors

Tagged
coconut oil, coconuts, Dignity Coconuts, Petra Christian University, sustainable agriculture, Walter Bradley}

Coconuts Go High Tech

_{Plastics from coconut waste offer economic benefit to poor farmers} _{Mind Matters

September 16, 2018

6

Ethics, Events, Social Factors}

One of Walter Bradley’s longstanding goals as an engineer and materials scientist has been to harness advanced materials technology to help the world’s poor, most of whom are poor farmers.

The true cost of “free” social media

_{It’s free but… are we? George Gilder points a way forward.} _{Denyse O'Leary

September 15, 2018

5

Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

He thinks that expected massive increases in computing power will enable blockchain technologies that allow users to safely bypass the global data monopoly that Google and similar firms represent. Read More ›

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Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 14, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Jack Poulson, Sundar Pichai}

Senior Google scientist quits over Google’s censorship in China

_{He believes it “contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”} _{Mind Matters

September 14, 2018

4

Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Some believe that any censorship system that a human being can develop can somehow be got around by another human being. China may provide a way of testing that.

How Bitcoin Works: The social value of trust

_{Jonathan Bartlett

September 13, 2018

8

Business and Finance, Ethics, Machine Learning}

The idea of employing such a game to guarantee validity in a trustless environment is nothing short of groundbreaking. It is an amazing accomplishment, and I am impressed by it more each time I think about it. However, it does have some drawbacks, which, I think, will ultimately lead to its demise.

Will killer drones make killing easier?

_{That, says a bioethicist, depends on who the pilots are} _{Mind Matters

September 5, 2018

3

Ethics, Natural Intelligence}

Heather Zeiger tells us that traditional aerial combat pilots tend to think the same way when piloting drones from an office but it may be a different story when cell phone addicts, who tend to lack empathy, are recruited. Read More ›