“In 2016, people had billions ofinteractions and open discussions on Facebook,” he said proudly in an online video, lookingback at the US election
I found her attention to be persuasive, she used data from the 2016 U.S. election how fake news stories on Facebook had more engagement and attention than top stories from the major news outlets.
You can see this audience effect even in small children.
He wants young children to write out and articulate to explain their reasoning; this improves performance over remaining silent.
Externalized memory hypertrophies as we rely ever more on easily accessible and searchable archives.
Sacasas says social media externalizes memory like in archives and posts.
When workers then demand answers, they’re handed redacted payslips and silence.The system is built to keep them in the dark and keep the platforms clean
By this Pickard highlights the human labor support of AI as it keeps low wages hidden, this hides the workers that power the system, they go without credit.
The students kind of recognize that the system is broken and that there’s not really apoint in doing this. Maybe the original meaning of these assignments has been lost or is not beingcommunicated to them well.
He argues that higher education focuses on the credentials and outcomes aspect rather than the actual understanding and learning aspect of education.
“Make this like something in the New Yorker,” “do this in the style of John McPhee”
This matters because generating specific and precise outcomes requires a deep understanding and knowledge of heritage, history, as well as styles and languages, allowing for more effective and thoughtful outcomes.