Steve Jobs is an inventor who co-founded the Apple industry and is at the head of modern tech. The introduction of the iPhone completely reshaped the smartphone industry and developments of the iPad and MacBook continue to impact the market today. I do feel he is slightly overshadowed by Microsoft in recent years and should still be remembered as one of the great pioneers of a new era of tech.

While computers have definitely become more compact with laptops becoming more advanced over time, an industry like gaming is still dominated by men even today. While females are slowly gaining more traction with streamers and developers alike, games are viewed as much more neutral than they were 20 years ago in my opinion. I have plenty of female friends who play games and are in the Infomatics or CS fields.

The article talks about a prank introduced by Jimmy Kimmel, which involves parents pretending to have eaten all their children's Halloween candy and filming their distressed reactions for entertainment. While some find it funny, it can be stressing or even damaging to younger children who are not fully developed yet. Though it's important not to overstate the psychological damage, labeling it as trauma is inaccurate since the harm is quickly revealed to be a joke. Ultimately, parents should approach such pranks with caution and consider their children's developmental stage and emotional well-being.

These days, I feel like cancel culture has gotten a lot more prominent, and therefore, worse in a sense. I've seen people be canceled purely because of differing opinions rather than something outrageous such as SA of minors. It's one thing to cancel someone for commiting a felony or saying something over the line, but it is another to disagree with an opinion.

The FBI-King suicide letter was part of an operation conducted by the FBI against Martin Luther King Jr. Using surveillance tapes of him, they were trying to pressure him to suicide, but the true intent is speculated by many. I actually never knew about this!

This reminds me a lot of Swatting, where streamers on platforms such as Twitch or YouTube would have cops called on them by someone and armed cops would come in and detain them live on stream. I remember how surprised I was seeing it happen for the first time live and how messed up I thought it was, even if it was for the extra entertainment value.

I am not too familiar with Kickstarter, but I do know that it is a great platform to fund various projects through crowdfunding. Some examples probably include technology, art, or film production. There have been some pretty cool projects that have come from Kickstarter too, such as game "Exploding Kittens".

This is very interesting considering how often this seems to happen. Whether it is merely because of a stronger skillset or pure laziness or inaction, this "small percentage" seems to be a lot bigger than it sounds. This can be applied to many real-life examples, such as a small fraction of people like farmers providing food for billions of people.

It is bizzare to me that the people who help keep explicit and harmful content off the internet is treated and paid horribly in comparison to the average company worker. These people are responsible for keeping our internet clean and have to see some of the most questionable and outrageous things online. Being told to simply painting or karaoke with no actual advice on how to seek health speaks volumes on how much bigger corporations really care about their lower workers. Especially with potentially traumatic images like these.

It's interesting to me how the US has this illusion of free speech and expression. But in reality, we just have a different version or method of controlling "free speech". We may not necessarily censor free speech, but the government plays a part in what is put more in the spotlight or receives more attention.

This article talks about the "Star Wars Kid" otherwise known as Ghyslain Raza, who recorded himself pretending to fight with a lightsaber. However, the video went viral after being discovered and he soon spiraled into a sense of despair. This article presents a different side of going viral, and just how detrimental it can be to a person if handled or presented in the wrong way.

I remember this Tiktok going viral and how amusing I found it. A video like this is a testament to how creative the internet can be for good or bad. It was fairly unhinged and a perfect example of how just about anything can go viral given the right circumstances, no matter the intention.

This article is very interesting as it provides an alternative perspective for autism. They argue about the varied way of thinking that people with autism have, highlighting their strengths rather than weaknesses. Much of the chapter as a whole seems to base on the idea of perspective and how we see things, and the idea that Autism is not a disability is a prime example of this!

To me, the idea of disabilities as a social norm or condition rather than just limiting it to physical disabilities. We would usually associate disability with traits such as the inability to walk or the inability to see, but here, we can associate it with the bare minimum or social norms.

This movie is based on a true story of a teenage con artist who successfully impersonates various professions, including a pilot, doctor, and lawyer while forging millions of dollars' worth of checks before his 21st birthday. This brings up the issue of fraud or identity theft, and makes me wonder how common this actually could be in today's world compared to then.

To me, Privacy is very much a double-edged sword. In this day and age, we seem to have the illusion of privacy when in reality, we are more exposed than ever. Our "Private" information could be insecure, and our most sensitive data can easily be hacked and stolen. Data is always stored, and our information is not as safe as it seems.

The article by Nicole Nguyen explores how Facebook's ad preferences system assigns interest categories to users based on their online behavior. I'm a little surprised by this, as programs such as Facebook Pixel pose a privacy concern to me since they track you on other websites, highlighting the extent Facebook monitors user activity to tailor advertisements.

Honestly I don't think it is very accurate. While I do have ads of products I have viewed in the past or bought, I would say a good 75% of my ads are irrelevant or I have zero interest in. I personally am fine with Google knowing about about these patterns or preferences, as it is fairly common knowledge that they track your searches. However, I do wish we can get some more transparency on how it's used.

This was hilarious to hear about, as the idea of spaghetti growing on trees is such a outrageous claim to me. I actually did not know that this was a trolling incident done by BBC. It serves as a perfect example of a funny yet light troll.

Trolling is an extremely common practice on the internet these days. I personally just get a good laugh out of some of it but I usually ignore the comment and move on with my day. If I am involved in a situation where I am being trolled, I either remove myself from the situation or ignore it all together.

This is somewhat satire, in that it is not authentic and not meant to be taken seriously. It was a pretty funny representation of Obama's unhinged side compared to his official, composed self.

Authenticity is a concept that is generally questioned more and more with the introduction of technology such as AI. We should not just be asking the question of is it honest, but rather is it real?

Anonymous is a hacker collective that formed from 4chan forums in 2003. The group gained fame through their cyberattacks on governments, corporations, and organizations around the world. The members often are seen using Guy Fawkes masks in public, and as of now many have been arrested.

I remember hearing about 4Chan for the first time and how I saw it as an unfiltered early version of Reddit. However, I didn't know about 8Kun, and how it was supposed to be a "less restrictive" public board, even though this "less restrictive" action is the brewing stage for conspiracy theories and other harmful content.

Deliberate Ignorance is the idea that despite the benefits, people will choose to omit certain pieces of information. This usually results in a effect such as psychological, emotional, or social unrest. I personally think that this idea reflects muich of society today pretty well. News media will leave certain bits of information out of the larger story to serve a larger agenda. Meanwhile, politicians such as Donald Trump will use strong statements and language on social media, resulting in strong emotions and a sense of patriotism.

I often think about the implications of social media and the focus on an algorithm, content, and attention without factoring in the emotions of the people absorbing the information. We usually focus on the post and content but not the mental health and emotional response they evoke.

As someone who grew up watching Star Wars, I thought that The Last Jedi was the least strong entry in the series, but I did not know that the hate was this strong in terms of bots. While I think the movie is pretty bad in terms of storywriting and holds as one of the worst Disney Star Wars films released, I don't think it deserves all the hate, especially with the political and social agendas at the time.

I often see this when I am scrolling Instagram. There would be random advertising accounts or spam messages with very unusual names in the comment section of various reels. They also sometimes come in the form of attempted link phishing via DMs.

To me, I think that ethics plays a massive role in what can and can't be posted online. It serves as a sort of self-moderation that people could hold themselves accountable to while calling out "unethical" acts or posts. The case of Justine Sacco is a good example of what can be considered an "unethical" post.

To me, I feel like the use of religion as a guideline morally is fine, but I disagree more with the idea of Divine Command Theory. Different religious groups will interpret scripture differently, which means much of it should be left to be interpreted based on reasoning. An example of difference that comes to mind is Catholics and Baptists. Both follow the Christian faith, but seem to differ in their interpretation of the Bible and what they value more in the religion.