Thanks, I was definitely falling for this trap, focusing on the absurd promises of the new toys and less on the harm done by the social media he heads.
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to think he’s a new man because he wears baggy clothes and gold chains. But the reality is that he’s embracing right-wing politics and spurning critics while presenting himself as a great future builder to distract from the ongoing harms of his platforms.
Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present
Stop whatever you're doing, everyone - it's Fat Bear Week! Vote for the biggest, chonkiest, chubbiest bears of the year. The winners are absolutely ma-hoo-sive. 🧪🦊🌏🐻 explore.org/fat-bear-week
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
Didn't know it was possible for Zuck to look even more like a creepy dork. But he managed.
Meta offers a glimpse through its supposed iPhone killer: Orion
For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street have questioned Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars into Reality Labs. This week, Meta’s wearables division unveiled a prototype of its Orion smart glasses, a form factor the company…
It's so funny to me that even in the article they basically say that an even shitter version (screen of view) will be the one that goes to market. People don't need to be able to SEE when they're living their lives, apparently
I find it invasive that they as a parent are most concerned with the application of violating the privacy of their child. It puts one in the mindset of youtube family vloggers.
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the precious iteration.
Meta really wants to put cameras on your face.
From 2021: Glasses provide different social cues than smartphones. We can tell who is on a phone because we can see the phone in people’s hands. www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/15/1...
"I fear tens of thousands of people will lose their jobs, and much of the tech industry will suffer as they realize that the only thing that can grow forever is cancer." Jesus. But likely correct. www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intel...