Mastodawn

danah boyd Oct 8, 2024

The myth that social media harms kids drives me bonkers. So I tried to frame my thinking of risks vs. harms in today's rant: https://zephoria.substack.com/p/risks-vs-harms-youth-and-social-media

Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media

I hate that the "social media is bad for teens" myth will not die. In this little rant, I tackle one part of this puzzle: the obsession with "harms" (thanks lawyers) and the implications of not thinking through how to respond coherently to risks.

Data: Made Not Found (by danah)

danah boyd Oct 1, 2024

Last week, I got to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Data & Society with old and new friends. I'm still teary-eyed thinking of how joyous that was. Here my recap: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149666577

I can't believe it's been ten years...

Data & Society is celebrating its 10th year. Last week, there was a party and I'm still glowing. Thank you thank you thank you.

Data: Made Not Found (by danah)

danah boyd Apr 18, 2024

Last week, I spoke with the amazing @taylorlorenz about the contemporary moral panics surrounding young people and their use of social media (and why this does so much harm to young people). It was a great conversation. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1wax3KjnA (or listen to it on the Power User Podcast via your favorite podcast app)

danah boyd Mar 8, 2024

Ummm... This chart is TERRIFYING. Have the data centers that undergird AI already triggered this much of a shift in energy consumption? ::shudder:: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/07/ai-data-centers-power/

Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power

Artificial intelligence, data centers and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s aging power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up.

The Washington Post

danah boyd Jan 31, 2024

The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t designed to help kids. Congress is using kids to hold Big Tech accountable. Kids will get hurt in the process.

https://zephoria.medium.com/kosa-isnt-designed-to-help-kids-335ab57cddae

KOSA isn’t designed to help kids. - danah boyd - Medium

In a few minutes, the Senate Judiciary will start a hearing focused on “Big Tech and the Online Child Exploitation Crisis.” Like most such hearings, this will almost certainly go off the rails in a…

Medium

danah boyd Sep 26, 2023

"The Screens are the Symptom" is a re-review of Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" in light of contemporary ideas of book banning, screens, children, and broader epistemic battles. http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2023/09/26/the-screens-are-the-symptom.html

The Screens are the Symptom. | danah boyd | apophenia

danah boyd Jun 14, 2023

Congrats @pahlkadot!! For anyone who cares about govt and/or tech, omg this book is amaaaaaazing!! I am sooo inspired by Jen’s efforts to make tech work in govt and her reflexivity in the process. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250266774/recodingamerica

Recoding America

Learn more about Jennifer Pahlka's work at recodingamerica.us. “The book I wish every policymaker would read." —Ezra Klein, The New York Time...

Macmillan Publishers

danah boyd Apr 13, 2023

I am *deeply* honored to be receiving the MIT STS Morison Prize this year and very much looking forward to offering a lecture at MIT on May 8th at 4PM. This event is open to the public if anyone is interested in joining me in Cambridge! https://sts-program.mit.edu/event/2023-morison/

2022-23 Morison Prize and Lecture with danah boyd, PhD - "Made, Not Found: Grappling with the Vulnerabilities of Data" - MIT STS

From danah boyd’s website: danah boyd is a Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on the intersection of technology and society,…

MIT STS

danah boyd Jan 8, 2023

Monkeying around on sabbatical.

danah boyd Dec 5, 2022

I've been thinking a lot about Twitter and failure lately. And the absurdist Gladiator spectacle that we're all watching. I decided to turn it into a blog post: https://zephoria.medium.com/what-if-failure-is-the-plan-2f219ea1cd62

What if failure is the plan? - danah boyd - Medium

I’ve been thinking a lot about failure lately. Failure comes in many forms, but I’m especially interested in situations in which people *perceive* something as failing (or about to fail) and the…

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