How did I miss this? Talk "Build a Better Monster: Morality, Machine Learning, and Mass Surveillance" by Pinboard founder Maciej Cegłowski (ht @cynix ):
"Ideally, we can find a way to have decentralized social networks, just like we do in real life."
"Opting out of a site like Google would mean opting out of much of online life (...) [a consumer boycott] is not something we can mobilize a mass movement around."
@stefanieschulte Maciej is an excellent writer and communicator who should have a much larger readership. If I would use the "birdcage" (tried it some time ago and then lost interest) he would be on my top list of people to observe.
And, BTW, I highly recommend his pinboard.in too.
@cynix @stefanieschulte It's worth paying for pinboard.in just to help support him.
@cynix @stefanieschulte Indeed! We had the pleasure of hosting Maciej at WebCamp Zagreb 2016, and he held one of the best talks I've had the opportunity to see live! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErHiET5YPw
I think his consistent criticism of Silicon Valley & the tech community is spot-on and much needed.