"A resistance fighter understands that technology must never be accepted as part of the natural order of things, that every technology— from an IQ test to an automobile to a television set to a computer — is a product of a particular economic and political context and carries with it a program, an agenda, and a philosophy that may or may not be life-enhancing and that therefore require scrutiny, criticism, and control. In short, a technological resistance fighter maintains an epistemological and psychic distance from any technology, so that it always appears somewhat strange, never inevitable, never natural."

– Neil Postman, from his book Technopoly (1993)

🔗​: https://therealists.org/2023/03/the-real-enemy-of-a-realist-isnt-big-tech-its-indifference/

#TheRealists #blog #WaybackMachine #resist #resistance #BigTech

Profile: Elena Rossini, pioneering Italian filmmaker charting a path away from big tech.

https://25.netribution.co.uk/nic/profile-elena-rossini-pioneering-italian-filmmaker-charting-a-path-away-from-big-tech/

Good morning Fedi friends!

I'm currently in the process of moving - one post at a time - #TheRealists blog from #GhostIO to #Wordpress. I still adore Ghost... it's just that it makes no sense to pay for 2 accounts. I'm consolidating everything in one place.

If you enjoy #TheFutureIsFederated, you may also like The Realists, as it covers privacy, surveillance capitalism and our brave new digital world: https://therealists.org/2022/05/what-happens-when-everybody-lies/

You can follow the #blog here too: @elena

#tech #digitalliteracy

I asked 2 classes, about 130 students in all if they had a Media Literacy class. One responded. An employee from LINE came to her high school to talk about on-line crime or something. I've seen a police officer give a similar sort of crime speech for a gathering of H.S. student gatherings.

I wonder if anyone does media literacy with stories like this:

https://newsletter.therealists.org/5-stories-about-big-tech-to-increase-your-media-literacy-skills/

from #TheRealists .
#BigTechLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy

I was interviewed by my new friend @_elena creator of #TheRealists. Pretty cool! I have never been interviewed before and it was a lot of fun.

https://newsletter.therealists.org/how-to-stay-grounded-online-a-conversation-with-justin-hanagan/

ICYMI: I wrote about what it's like to be a member of the LAST generation that grew up offline, without the internet... plus raising a small child screen-free in 2024: https://therealists.org/2024/01/in-betweeners/

#technology #tech #parenting #screenfree #genX #genY #genZ #education #TheRealists #digitalliteracy #mindfulness