Em Jul 17

We really need to work hard all together to improve our collective culture around privacy and consent.

This isn't just a matter of using the right tools and enforcing the right policies,
this is about people.

#Privacy #Consent

Show threadcockroachinapartyhat 🪳Jul 17
@Em0nM4stodon in my (US) culture at least we are conditioned to give up our privacy and consent from birth. Authoritarian parenting, school systems, then work environments are all exercises in giving up our own autonomy. It's depressing but should be no surprise at all that so many people give it up willingly as adults who should be able to make choices in their own interest
Show threadEm 
@cockroachinapartyhat This is very true, and an excellent point to understand better how we can help the next generations out of this dehumanizing authoritarian culture of control.
Jul 17 at 10:40pmWeb
Show threadcockroachinapartyhat 🪳Jul 17
@Em0nM4stodon my partner and I are in the process of starting a K-12 school centered on collaboration, equity and autonomy and when I try to explain the idea of what we're doing you should see how uncomfortable people (adults) get. "But if you don't punish them how will you get them to behave?" "Why would they try hard if they don't get a grade?" Like... We've been controlling people for so long we forgot that we're actually a social species
Show threadEm Jul 17

@cockroachinapartyhat I was lucky enough to experience such schooling when I was younger.

Society would be so much better if every school were centered on collaboration, equity, and autonomy. Thank you so much for doing this 💚