We all are being manipulated, and even enslaved, by the technologies which emanate from Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1998 by Dr. Fogg. More
Tag Archives: Social Media
Truth Stranger Than Science Fiction
It occurs to me the more I consider this that the truth in our day is much like the plot of a dystopian piece of science fiction. How else do you explain the double-speak and double-think? More
Book Review: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ by Shoshana Zuboff
For us to not know the situation with Big Tech and yet uncritically participate in the grand social surveillance and engineering experiment would be a disaster.More
Why I Got Back on Facebook After Deleting My Account in 2020
Both the fact that I left and the fact that I returned bother me. In an effort to sort through why, this episode is dedicated to unpacking the whole messy situation as I see it.More
Facebook and the White House Join Forces
There is no freedom left in this country if we are not free to talk openly and critically about our government’s handling of a crisis – past, present, and foreseeable future.More
Clarence Thomas Speaks on Social Media Censorship
Ian Haworth writes for The Daily Wire, “Clarence Thomas Appears To Endorse Outlawing Social Media’s Censorship Of Conservatives: Everything You Need To Know.” Should Big Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter be regulated as common carriers like Verizon and Comcast and your power company are? It behooves us to consider the need for humility in how we…More
The Death of Social Media As We Know It
Someone I am close to recently deleted their Facebook; and despite having recently started an account on MeWe, it would appear they deleted that account also. This is not an isolated incident, though. Conservative Americans now feel entirely alien and unwelcome online. Years of being maligned, manipulated, and censored on the biggest platforms have suddenly…More
Ctrl Alt Delete Facebook
I deleted my Facebook account this morning. They asked me “Are you sure?” “Are you really, really sure?” When I answered in the affirmative each time, finally I got the response: “It’s scheduled for deletion in 30-days.” I have been a very active Facebook user since 2006 – in other words, for all my adult…More