“Mentor. Patron. Sponsor. Ally. Teacher. Master. Guru. Inspiration. There are so many names for it…because it’s a role defined by so many different roles. But what matters is that we are the candle that lights another, which lights another, which lights another. Because through this whole worlds are illuminated, delivered from darkness.”
― Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
― Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
“You'll achieve much more by being consistently reliable than by being occasionally extraordinary.”
― The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
― The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
“In April 2017, a confidential document is leaked that reveals Facebook is offering advertisers the opportunity to target thirteen-to-seventeen-year-olds across its platforms, including Instagram, during moments of psychological vulnerability when they feel “worthless,” “insecure,” “stressed,” “defeated,” “anxious,” “stupid,” “useless,” and “like a failure.” Or to target them when they’re worried about their bodies and thinking of losing weight. Basically, when a teen is in a fragile emotional state. Facebook’s advertising team had made this presentation for an Australian client that explains that Instagram and Facebook monitor teenagers’ posts, photos, interactions, conversations with friends, visual communications, and internet activity on and off Facebook’s platforms and use this data to target young people when they’re vulnerable. In addition to the moments of vulnerability listed, Facebook finds moments when teenagers are concerned with “body confidence” and “working out & losing weight.”
― Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
― Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
“Silicon Valley is awash in wooden Montessori toys and shrouded in total screen bans. Parents at work talk about how they don't allow their teens to have mobile phones, which only underscores how well these executives understand the real damage their product inflicts on young minds.”
― Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
― Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
“First, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.”
― Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
― Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
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