@alkatandan and I are exploring forming a CoSocial group to watch together and discuss videos on the impact of digital technologies on culture and politics. Looking for feedback on whether the group and video ideas are of interest.
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I am left with so much to think about and many useful challenges to my current ways of framing things.
The video I mentioned at the end, which may be interesting (even tho it is a bit light weight compared to what we watched today, and is quite old now): How algorithms shape our world - Kevin Slavin from 2012.
Looking forward to future session, as all the videos you’ve listed looking very interesting!
Sorry I could not catch the end of what looked like a fun discussion. One question I have is what we want in future videos? Do we want familiar /well-tread material – great for jumping off points into discussion, remains accessible for different levels of knowledge in this area. Or focus on content/concepts/ideas for us to grapple with?
It’s always nice listening to Meredith Whittaker speak… but it’s always nice listening to Cory Doctorow as well! It would be interesting to know how many in the Watch Party have heard/read him yet. I’d be even more excited to pick that if it meant introducing people unfamiliar with him to him. Zuboff’s book is the subject of one of Cory Doctorow’s books, How to End Surveillance Capitalism, which broadly agrees with Zuboff’s book but also offers an interesting critique of one aspect of it, which I imagine Zuboff appreciated too after reading Doctorow’s book. I’ll revisit that to share the details of that here later! These all sound interesting so it will be difficult to pick one I’d prefer watching to the others, but I look forward to voting on it.
I am new here (but have been lurking for a bit), but this looks very interesting!