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'Devastating... funny... highly enjoyable... A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations' The Times 'Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world' The New York Times Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different. From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, Careless People exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams rubs shoulders with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and world leaders, revealing what really goes on among the global elite – and the consequences this has for all of us. Candid and entertaining, this is an intimate memoir set amid powerful forces. As all our lives are upended by technology and those who control it, Careless People will change how you see the world.

New media—we are told—exist at the bleeding edge of obsolescence. We thus forever try to catch up, updating to remain the same. Meanwhile, analytic, creative, and commercial efforts focus exclusively on the next big thing: figuring out what will spread and who will spread it the fastest. But what do we miss in this constant push to the future? In Updating to Remain the Same, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun suggests another approach, arguing that our media matter most when they seem not to matter at all—when they have moved from “new” to habitual. Smart phones, for example, no longer amaze, but they increasingly structure and monitor our lives. Through habits, Chun says, new media become embedded in our lives—indeed, we become our machines: we stream, update, capture, upload, link, save, trash, and troll. Chun links habits to the rise of networks as the defining concept of our era. Networks have been central to the emergence of neoliberalism, replacing “society” with groupings of individuals and connectable “YOUS.” (For isn't “new media” actually “NYOU media”?) Habit is central to the inversion of privacy and publicity that drives neoliberalism and networks. Why do we view our networked devices as “personal” when they are so chatty and promiscuous? What would happen, Chun asks, if, rather than pushing for privacy that is no privacy, we demanded public rights—the right to be exposed, to take risks and to be in public and not be attacked?

Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. The marketplace now operates through every hour of the clock, pushing us into constant activity and eroding forms of community and political expression, damaging the fabric of everyday life. Jonathan Crary examines how this interminable non-time blurs any separation between an intensified, ubiquitous consumerism and emerging strategies of control and surveillance.

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There’s a coup against democracy happening, says Dutch politician Marietje Schaake, who warns against the growing influence of tech giants on society. But if Europe wants to use the technology on its own terms it will come at a cost. The struggle for control over digital technology is intensifying. While politicians attempt to regulate artificial intelligence and social media, the influence of tech giants on virtually every sector of society has continued to grow. For Europe, the challenge is compounded by its relatively weak homegrown tech sector and a growing dependency on the services of especially American providers. One of the EU’s most prominent voices in the debate is the Dutch politician Marietje Schaake. As a member of the European Parliament, she speaks of an outright “tech coup.” That’s also the title of her recent book,?The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley, published this past fall, in which she describes how more of society’s fundamental functions are being outsourced to tech giants – and thus fall outside democratic control. Read the full piece here ?? https://lnkd.in/dAASUFNy This article was originally published by Peter Hesseldahl for Mandag Morgen. It has been translated and edited for use in FARSIGHT. Casper Skovgaard Petersen - August Leo Liljenberg

?? Best chance to have well-informed discussions on AI : #AI Bible accessible for free ! ??? The Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Ethics, and Policy of Artificial Intelligence, 2025 ?? contributions from experts ?? theoretical insights and practical examples of AI applications The Handbook examines: ??the legal, ethical, and policy challenges of AI & algorithmic systems esp. in #Europe ??the societal impact of these technologies ??the legal frameworks that regulate them ?? 18 chapters ?? I : AI, ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY 1 AI: A Perspective from the Field 2 Philosophy of AI: A Structured Overview 3 Ethics of AI: Toward a "Design for Values" Approach 4 Fairness and Artificial Intelligence 5 Moral Responsibility and Autonomous Technologies: Does AI Face a Responsibility Gap? 6 AI, Power and Sustainability ?? II : AI, LAW AND POLICY 7 AI Meets the GDPR: Navigating the Impact of Data Protection on AI Systems 8 Tort Liability and AI 9 Al and Competition Law 10 Al and Consumer Protection 11 Al and Intellectual Property Law 12 The European Union's AI Act ?? III AI ACROSS SECTORS 13 Al and Education 14 Al and Media 15 Al and Healthcare Data 16 Al and Financial Services 17 Al and Labor Law 18 Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues of AI and Law Enforcement in Europe: The Case of Predictive Policing ???? Edited by Nathalie Smuha legal scholar at KU Leuven who specializes in AI’s impact on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. ?? Cambridge University Press & Assessment .

A GENERATION WHO CAME OF AGE ONLINE NOW FEEL DEPRIVED OF REAL CONNECTIONS. THE UPSIDE IS THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. It’s the love-hate relationship that defined a generation. We think we know all about teenagers and the phones to which they’re so umbilically tied: sleeping with them under the pillow, panicking at the prospect of ever being denied wifi, so glued to the screen that they’re oblivious to the world unfolding around them. Yet the first generation to have never really known a life without social media – the drug that primarily keeps them coming back to their phones for more – is now grown up enough to reflect on what it may have done to them, and the answers are almost enough to break your heart. Two-thirds of 16- to 24-year-olds think social media does more harm than good and three-quarters want tougher regulation to protect younger people from it, according to polling for the New Britain Project, a thinktank founded by a former teacher, Anna McShane. Half think they spent too much time on it when they were younger, with regret highest among those who started using social media youngest. And most tellingly of all, four in five say they’d keep their own children away from it for as long as they could if they became parents. This isn’t how anyone talks about something they love, but how you look back on a relationship that was in retrospect making you miserable. GO FURTHER: https://lnkd.in/eMD43TYx

Purpose This study aimed to examine prospective associations between screen time and manic symptoms in early adolescents, and the extent to which problematic screen use (characterized by addiction, conflict, relapse, and withdrawal) mediates the association. Methods We analyzed prospective cohort data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (N = 9,243; ages 10–11 years in Year 1 in 2017–2019; 48.8% female; 44.0% racial/ethnic minority). Participants reported daily time spent on six different screen subtypes. Linear regression analyses were used to determine associations between typical daily screen time (Year 1; total and subtypes) and manic symptoms (Year 3, 7 Up Mania scale), adjusting for potential confounders. Sleep duration, problematic social media use, and problematic video game use (Year 2) were tested as potential mediators. Results Adjusting for covariates, overall typical daily screen time in Year 1 was prospectively associated with higher manic symptoms in Year 3 (B = 0.05, 95% CI 0.03, 0.07, p < 0.001), as were four subtypes: social media (B = 0.20, 95% CI 0.09, 0.32, p = 0.001), texting (B = 0.18, 95%CI 0.08, 0.28, p < 0.001), videos (B = 0.14, 95% CI 0.08, 0.19, p < 0.001), and video games (B = 0.09, 95% CI 0.04, 0.14, p = 0.001). Problematic social media use, video game use, and sleep duration in Year 2 were found to be significant partial mediators (47.7%, 58.0%, and 9.0% mediation, respectively). Conclusion Results indicate significant prospective relationships between screen time and manic symptoms in early adolescence and highlight problematic screen use, video game use, and sleep duration as potential mediators. Problematic screen use may be a target for mental health prevention and early intervention efforts among adolescents. GO FURTHER: https://lnkd.in/eikTtjtB