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“Silicon Valley’s pervasive datafication of everything was leading to a return of disturbing historical patterns of conquest and extractivism.”

“…not everyone wanted to live in the Bay Area, he acknowledged. I would learn through my other interviews that this was particularly true for women and people of color who, like Gebru, felt alienated by the white and male culture of the dominant tech industry.”

“What a pleasure it must be to feel the water pour over your tiny body. What a joy to test its power and weight against your tiny bird bones.”

“…it is safe to say that every Indian woman learns early to put on a stone face while walking through crowded streescapes.”

“It is as if our everyday life is a pointless exercise and only when we travel do we reach our full potential…. Travel has been sold to us as the ultimate horizon-expanding, mind-broadening, self-improvement experience.”

“There is an injustice here at the level of human rights, but it is even more stark when we consider how free trade is thrust down the throats of poor countries, while free movement is so blithely denied.”

“It is a fundamental paradox of visa regimes that the poorer your nation is, the more you have to pay to obtain a visa, while the citizens of wealthy nations pay less or nothing at all.”