Category: Culture

  • My Thoughts on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

    My Thoughts on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

    It has been almost a month since the massive Cambridge Analytica x Facebook improper-user-data-ex-filtration mess (don’t call it a data breach) came to light. The news is settling down despite the real numbers coming out of Facebook and a possible 600,000 Canadians possibly affected. I’ve been mulling over how I feel about it and I’ve…


  • Is shadow work ruining the job market?

    A recent episode of the Every Little Thing podcast discusses the rise of self-checkout machines. It’s a fascinating tale, one that I would have never guessed started over 100 years ago with the opening of the Piggly Wiggly chain. Self-checkout is a commonly used example of the impending threat of automation. I know I personally…


  • Good Morning 2002

    Why not spend your morning engrossed in the sounds of a giant PC tower next to your head, like it’s 2002: Thanks hacker noon.