Netflix‘s new documentary is a startling exposé of the dangers of the internet, particularly social media. Director Jeff Orlowski works together with a group of experts to reveal the intrinsically predatory nature of our newest technologies. These experts are primarily members of the tech industry, ranging from Tristan Harris, who was a Design Ethicist at Google, to Tim Kendall, Facebook’s former Director of Monetization. Their concerns and interviews are voiced against the backdrop of a dramatized family that is struggling to deal with their technology addictions.
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What You Need to Know About the 2020 US Election
It’s the 3rd of November, and millions of Americans are lining up to vote in the midst of a global pandemic and escalating racial unrest. As with everything this year, the election has been foreshadowed by rising tensions, tribal partisanship, and a flood of misinformation. While the US political system is obtuse enough to confuse even the most informed citizen, it is even more bizarre for those on the outside looking in. Here’s a brief overview of everything you need to know before the spectacle begins.
Covid-19: Stories from the Quarantine
It is the smallest thing to ever cause such a global reaction: the Covid-19 Coronavirus. About 6 weeks ago, most countries enacted some form of quarantine or social distancing. The efforts seem to be paying off: the rate of new infections appears to be dropping. That being said, there are still almost 3.5 Million confirmed […]
The „Best“ News 26.04
„As sickness grows and doubt sets in, Economies crash and savings grow thin. But hope arises and science proclaims, The world will survive this darkest phase.” I. Corona: Current Information Between January and March, the threat of the Covid-19 Corona virus leapt worldwide from a distant worry to a global and intimate catastrophe. Media coverage […]
Bachelor Thesis: Thinking And Voting
How do people vote? In this paper, I argue for a psychologically based model of voting, using the South African electorate and climate as an example.
Bachelor Thesis: What is Empathy?
In the last years, empathy has once again become a topic of debate among philosophers. However, its meaning and scope varies greatly between authors and even individual texts, making a consolidated overview of empathy difficult. In this paper, we will review the meaning of empathy, from its original etymology to its modern usages. Following this, we will consider what empathy is: a tool, a feeling or mood, a partially inherited sense of social understanding, or something else entirely. As we move through the “areas” where empathy is found and discussed, we will compare it to similar concepts such as emotional contagion and sympathy.
Bachelorarbeit: Was ist Leben?
Meine Bachelorarbeit zum Seminar “Was ist Leben?”
Diese Arbeit ist die Nächste in einer langen Kette von Versuchen, die feststellen wollen, was das Leben tatsächlich ist. Dies wird versucht, indem die allgemeine Systemstheorie von Ludwig von Bertalanffy (erweitert von Niklas Luhmann) mit der Phänomenologie von Edmund Husserl verknüpft wird. Durch diesen Ansatz wird das Leben als Phänomen sowohl von „außen“ objektiv als auch von „innen“ subjektiv betrachtet.
The Descent into Madness
A brief summary of the madness thathas gripped Austrian politics following the Ibiza-video.