Today’s exponential growth in technology has revolutionized the way our politics, society and economy function. Some people argue that this shift has actually pushed us into a new economic system: technofeudalism.
Even for everyday internet users, we find difficulty in finding the balance between building an authentic — with emphasis on “authentic” — online profile and also protecting our offline privacy. For lawmakers writing legislation, the goal here shouldn’t be to codify the interests of prosecutors or Big Tech into legislation, but to secure individual agency for end-users.
Australia passed a law last year that forces Google and other big tech companies to pay for the news they receive out of the country, thereby acting as the first country in the free world to place financial restrictions on big tech.
While layoffs at Twitter and Meta are allegedly a product of overhiring and general debts, other methods should've been explored before casually upending the lives of thousands.
Graduate school wasn’t always on my radar for post-grad plans. But after looking through the pros and cons, getting a master’s degree seems like a very promising endeavor as opposed to the questionable, and very stressful, job hunt that would usually await a senior in college.
