Recently came across this great series of environmental research talks hosted by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social & @finnarne.me You can check out the @greenhouseuis.net archive housed at newnatures.org/greenhouse/ where they are growing some great ideas.
#EnvironmentSky #BookSky #ClimateSky
Can't be the only one thinking this...
“Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Plato, Phaedrus, 275a/b
The issues has been clear for a while. From Shadow Footprints, pg 190, JDSR: "a picture of an individual’s life could be elucidated without that individual ever signing up to a service, and never providing consent."
publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
It doesn’t matter how smart you are, anyone can be misled by the right lie. Targeted analytics formed from your harvested data enable disinformation campaigns to get the best traction, ensuring the right lie contacts the most sympathetic ear. #DataPrivacy #Disinformation
doi.org/10.33621/jds...
The commercialisation of digital spaces students access at school normalises to children the legitimacy of corporations’ roles to surveil their lives.
- discussed on pg 38 in doi.org/10.21427/D7J... & pg 581 in doi.org/10.1108/JD-0...
#DataPrivacy #DigitalCivics
And Boninger and Molnar did some vitally important work on the topic of surveillance culture in schools:
nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...
#DataPrivacy
The commercialisation of digital spaces students access at school normalises to children the legitimacy of corporations’ roles to surveil their lives.
- discussed on pg 38 in doi.org/10.21427/D7J... & pg 581 in doi.org/10.1108/JD-0...
#DataPrivacy #DigitalCivics
'As AI-augmented research proliferates, the scope of scientific inquiry is contracting.'
A vital point, and a nettle that universities everywhere must grasp firmly however painful that is, with respect both to research and to teaching/learning across all discipline (SHAPE+STEM)s. 1/2
In this 2024 paper we argued that the data privacy problems we face are communal as well as individual & failure to realise this inadvertently handed significant power to large corporations. We use Digital Civics & #APA Ethical Guidelines to help solve this publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
#Privacy
There’s a long history of our technology shaping us as we develop it….
Dr. @katfennelly.bsky.social discussed concepts that overlap with the Philosophy of Information like online/offline interaction; and to digital civics pedagogy like use of organic learning spaces & transmedia fandoms, theatre, and storytelling.
Her paper is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fascinating talk from Dr. Kat Fennelly @katfennelly.bsky.social (@sheffielduni.bsky.social) at today’s digital archaeology Lunch, hosted by @dah-lab.bsky.social that, for me, really drove home the value of the History pillar to digital civics research.
#archeologysky #DigitalSociety
Some brilliant talks available here
“the minimum pay for teachers is $100,000 in order to attract great talent”
Successful AI implementation is not about paying staff less, or having less of them, but about having highly qualified people that know what they’re doing.
#AIEthics #EduSky #EdTech
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-ai...
Tuesday 12:00: join our free webinar on the government's plans to abolish jury trial for most offences.
We'll be exploring the challenges facing the courts, what ministers are proposing, the history of jury trial and the behavioral science of juries.
All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Knowing how AI works does not automatically mean trusting yourself while using it. Confidence comes from clarity, not more tools. #AILiteracy #ProfessionalJudgment #TechEthics
What do they do with your data?
See this straightforward explainer grounded in research from our peer-reviewed paper: Shadow Footprints
> Helpful for teachers who want to give students the basics of data collection & its consequences.
#EduSky #DataPrivacy
www.digitalcivics.org/shadow-footp...
Stop profiling children.
Okay, give us your government IDs so we can identify the children.
Okay, stop now?
Turns out we can already identify the kids, but thanks for your government IDs.
More surveillance means greater depth of accuracy for #ShadowFootprints.
Serious concerns for #DataPrivacy
Digital privacy is not just about your own data. Disclosures you make revealing your personal information are also used to develop insights about your demographic & community. Data privacy is a communal as well as individual responsibility. publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
#AIEthics #DataPrivacyWeek
Just reviewed yet another journal paper that summarised other’s work without citing sources. #LLM The problem is systemic. It’s not just ‘this technology enables cheating’ it’s ‘this technology enables cheating and a large number of scholars are choosing to use it for that’. #AcademicSky #AIEthics
We can learn a lot from the Victorians. When it comes to environmental awareness in the face of technological advancement, we should pay attention.
#environment #environmentSky #Victorians #digitalcivics #TechEthics #History
www.digitalcivics.org/2021/04/22/2...
Coping with new technology is a problem so ancient that when Socrates discussed it, he referenced even older Egyptian myth. This challenge has persisted for thousands of years. Struggle isn’t failure; it means the process is ongoing and requires continued effort.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I remember doing work on spontaneous remission during my masters (a lot of years ago). At the time the topic was mostly only dealt with in fringe science and one of the only resources came from the Noetics Society. This might be of interest to you: noetic.org/blog/ions50-...
What is Digital Civics? This paper from 2023 outlines its 4 foundational pillars, their informing scholarship, and the 5 key concepts to developing robust digital civics initiatives.
#digitalcivics #philtech #philsky #AIEthics
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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I love the irony that the article about putting education behind a paywall is behind a paywall.
Ancient Gods, digital communities, and the bible as hypertext.
A seasonal read.
"Modern Mithraism: Ancient Concepts for an Information Age", Open Access at Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
#Mithras #Christmas #DigitalCivics
eidos.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/ei...
Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
