Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
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The quiet expansion of surveillance in education is dangerous.
From bus scanners to AI analytics, a student's every move is tracked, creating a data trail that can follow (and potentially harm) marginalized students.
Convenience must not bypass due diligence. Demand transparency, governance, and the right to privacy.
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Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
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We're in #EmpoderaLIVE this week in Malaga, ES
Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
More info at: https://empodera.org/live/en/agenda
https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/sarven-capadisli
We're in #EmpoderaLIVE this week in Malaga, ES
Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
More info at: https://empodera.org/live/en/agenda
https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/sarven-capadisli
✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀
"My Fediverse Starter Guide" for newbies, based on my video and articles about Fediverse software and culture.
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After 400+ issues tracking digital literacy, I'm convinced the biggest AI risk isn't machines getting too smart. It's us getting too comfortable with cognitive shortcuts.
New analysis: Why "useful friction" might be the most important concept for our automated age.
Full analysis with research links: https://digitallyliterate.net/dl-401/
There's a popular "digital rights" perspective that turns "not having kids on social media before 14 or 16" into a binary. That allows to make this a thing about overreach and censorship and all that. In combination with the complexities of ensuring access/restrictions it builds a great straw man.
But I do totally think that just throwing kids into general social media (think Instagram, TikTok but also Bluesky or Mastodon) is harmful to them and is just us older people being lazy and not wanting to give them time to grow into this digital life.
But it's not a binary. There is value in creating spaces for kids to express themselves and find community and their own voice. Question is how to build that in ways to protect them - not just from creeps but also the negative side effects of many commercial social media platforms.
It's not "but Kids need to learn to live with social media so let's throw them on TikTok". It's about figuring out ways for kids (or TBH some older people as well) to make those experiences in the digital "non-swimmer's pool". (Not sure if digital swimmers exist.)
@tante i really like this
"figuring out ways for kids (or TBH some older people as well) to make those experiences in the digital "non-swimmer's pool"
this would give folks the right + enough time to learn how to integrate digital aspects into their lives, without being all consumed and overwhelmed (=drowned)!