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On what happens when our surroundings begin to understand us ☕️

I’ve written about special education, Kierkegaard, AI, and information governance.

For many years, I tried to understand how other people perceived the world in order to adapt their surroundings to them.

But what happens when technical systems begin to understand us — and can adapt the environment in order to influence us?

https://piewpiew.se/blog/2026/08/08/nar-omgivningen-borjar-forsta-oss/

#AI #artificialintelligence #technologyandsociety #informationgovernance #ethics

On what happens when our surroundings begin to understand us ☕️

I’ve written about special education, Kierkegaard, AI, and information governance.

For many years, I tried to understand how other people perceived the world in order to adapt their surroundings to them.

But what happens when technical systems begin to understand us — and can adapt the environment in order to influence us?

https://piewpiew.se/blog/2026/08/08/nar-omgivningen-borjar-forsta-oss/

#AI #artificialintelligence #technologyandsociety #informationgovernance #ethics

Meine Aktivität zum #digitalindependenceday heute: YouTube-App durch #NewPipe ersetzt. Keine Algorithmen, kein Tracking, keine automatischen Shorts. Denn auch das gehört zur #DigitaleSouveränität : selbstbestimmt Inhalte nutzen (ohne in den Dopamin Strudel endloser Vorschlagslisten zu geraten)

Installation (https://di.day/de/wechselrezepte/video):

1. #Fdroid (f-droid.org) installieren,
2. NewPipe herunterladen,
3. YouTube-App deaktivieren (optional).

#DIDit #DUTgemacht #OpenSource #TechnologyAndSociety

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https://dominusmarkham.com/the-distance-between-convenience-and-consequence/

#thequietsignal
#TechnologyAndSociety
#supplychain
#CriticalThinking
#modernlife
#technology
#globalization
#ethicalconsumption
#writing

https://dominusmarkham.com/the-distance-between-convenience-and-consequence/

#thequietsignal
#TechnologyAndSociety
#supplychain
#CriticalThinking
#modernlife
#technology
#globalization
#ethicalconsumption
#writing

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 2: 🤖 #Self-Models, #neuromorphic #AI & the Future of Our #CultureofConsciousness 🧠

What is the “self”—and could a #machine one day develop its own #consciousness?

In the second part of the discussion, the #SelfModelTheory of #Subjectivity takes center stage.

🎥 https://youtu.be/Ibf2mrZ3uzM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroethics #KIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #FutureOfAI #Philosophy

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 2: 🤖 #Self-Models, #neuromorphic #AI & the Future of Our #CultureofConsciousness 🧠

What is the “self”—and could a #machine one day develop its own #consciousness?

In the second part of the discussion, the #SelfModelTheory of #Subjectivity takes center stage.

🎥 https://youtu.be/Ibf2mrZ3uzM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroethics #KIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #FutureOfAI #Philosophy

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 2: 🤖 #Self-Models, #neuromorphic #AI & the Future of Our #CultureofConsciousness 🧠

What is the “self”—and could a #machine one day develop its own #consciousness?

In the second part of the discussion, the #SelfModelTheory of #Subjectivity takes center stage.

🎥 https://youtu.be/Ibf2mrZ3uzM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroethics #KIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #FutureOfAI #Philosophy

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 2: 🤖 #Self-Models, #neuromorphic #AI & the Future of Our #CultureofConsciousness 🧠

What is the “self”—and could a #machine one day develop its own #consciousness?

In the second part of the discussion, the #SelfModelTheory of #Subjectivity takes center stage.

🎥 https://youtu.be/Ibf2mrZ3uzM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroethics #KIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #FutureOfAI #Philosophy

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 2: 🤖 #Self-Models, #neuromorphic #AI & the Future of Our #CultureofConsciousness 🧠

What is the “self”—and could a #machine one day develop its own #consciousness?

In the second part of the discussion, the #SelfModelTheory of #Subjectivity takes center stage.

🎥 https://youtu.be/Ibf2mrZ3uzM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroethics #KIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #FutureOfAI #Philosophy

Tracing the origin of Argentine Malbec wines by sensometrics

Sensory attributes discriminate zones geographic denominations over vintages From a wine production …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Argentinewine #agriculture #Argentina #ArgentinianWine #Chemistry/FoodScience #FoodMicrobiology #foodscience #general #nutrition #science #technologyandsociety #Wine #WinesfromArgentina #WinesofArgentina
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2574634/tracing-the-origin-of-argentine-malbec-wines-by-sensometrics/

Tracing the origin of Argentine Malbec wines by sensometrics

Sensory attributes discriminate zones geographic denominations over vintages From a wine production …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Argentinewine #agriculture #Argentina #ArgentinianWine #Chemistry/FoodScience #FoodMicrobiology #foodscience #general #nutrition #science #technologyandsociety #Wine #WinesfromArgentina #WinesofArgentina
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2574634/tracing-the-origin-of-argentine-malbec-wines-by-sensometrics/

🧠🔍 Episode 3: #Mind reading with #brain scanners – Season 1 “Kaleidoscope of Science”

How close are we really to reading thoughts from the brain?

👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/02/03/gedankenlesen/

📺 https://youtu.be/3p96qQQkUE8

#KaleidoscopeOfScience #Zoomposium #Neuroscience #MachineLearning #Externalism #Language #Community #CognitiveScience #PhilosophyOfMind #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MindReading #ScienceCommunication #Consciousness #Neurotechnology #TechnologyAndSociety

🧠🔍 Episode 3: #Mind reading with #brain scanners – Season 1 “Kaleidoscope of Science”

How close are we really to reading thoughts from the brain?

👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/02/03/gedankenlesen/

📺 https://youtu.be/3p96qQQkUE8

#KaleidoscopeOfScience #Zoomposium #Neuroscience #MachineLearning #Externalism #Language #Community #CognitiveScience #PhilosophyOfMind #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MindReading #ScienceCommunication #Consciousness #Neurotechnology #TechnologyAndSociety

🧠🔍 Episode 3: #Mind reading with #brain scanners – Season 1 “Kaleidoscope of Science”

How close are we really to reading thoughts from the brain?

👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/02/03/gedankenlesen/

📺 https://youtu.be/3p96qQQkUE8

#KaleidoscopeOfScience #Zoomposium #Neuroscience #MachineLearning #Externalism #Language #Community #CognitiveScience #PhilosophyOfMind #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MindReading #ScienceCommunication #Consciousness #Neurotechnology #TechnologyAndSociety

🧠🔍 Episode 3: #Mind reading with #brain scanners – Season 1 “Kaleidoscope of Science”

How close are we really to reading thoughts from the brain?

👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/02/03/gedankenlesen/

📺 https://youtu.be/3p96qQQkUE8

#KaleidoscopeOfScience #Zoomposium #Neuroscience #MachineLearning #Externalism #Language #Community #CognitiveScience #PhilosophyOfMind #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MindReading #ScienceCommunication #Consciousness #Neurotechnology #TechnologyAndSociety

Man, Machine, and Mathrubhumi: Lüscher’s quest for a democratic space https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/mbifl-2026/jonas-luscher-on-technology-survival-and-democracy-at-mbifl-2026-bqtrdjab?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JonasLuscher #MBIFL2026 #LiteratureFestival #TechnologyAndSociety

‘Language can betray you’: Jonas Lüscher on doubt, technology and power at MBIFL 2026 https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/mbifl-2026/jonas-luscher-on-satire-technology-and-scepticism-at-mbifl-2026-l3pcisve?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MBIFL2026 #JonasLuscher #TechnologyAndSociety #Satire

CES (Consumer Technology Association) 2026 isn't just about gadgets.
It's about where technology meets humanity.
IEEE - Advancing Technology For Humanity .

I had the honor of speaking with Mary Ellen Randall, President and CEO of IEEE, from Las Vegas during CES this week.

#IEEE — the world's largest technical professional society — has been around for over 140 years. 500,000 members. 190 countries. And a mission that cuts through the noise: advancing #technology for the benefit of #humanity.
Not for hype. Not for quarterly earnings. For humanity.

We talked about Jensen Huang receiving the 2026 IEEE Medal of Honor. Yes, #NVIDIA built the chips powering the AI revolution, but the recognition goes deeper — it's about the entire ecosystem enabling breakthroughs in #healthcare, autonomous systems, drug discovery, and beyond.

Mary Ellen shared something that stuck with me. She sees this moment as a new Renaissance. Like Florence in the 1400s — painters collaborating with sculptors, scientists exchanging ideas across disciplines — we're at an inflection point where everything is intersecting.

(I wonder why a reference to the Rinascimento resonated with me 😅)

The difference? We have the tools to do it globally, instantly.
But speed without ethics is reckless. IEEE is developing standards for #AIbias prevention, certification programs for responsible development, even protections for young people online. The slow, unglamorous work that lets innovation happen safely.

"Engineering with purpose" — that's the phrase she kept returning to.
In a world obsessed with moving fast and breaking things, it's refreshing to talk with people committed to building things that last. And building them right.

You can watch the interview https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk or listen to the podcast on Redefining Society and Technology podcast — 

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk
Audio Podcast: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com
Event Coverages: https://www.itspmagazine.com

#CES2026 #IEEE #JensenHuang #NVIDIA #TechnologyAndSociety #AI #Engineering #Innovation #RedefiningHumanity #cybersecurity

Sean Martin, CISSP Studio C60

CES (Consumer Technology Association) 2026 isn't just about gadgets.
It's about where technology meets humanity.
IEEE - Advancing Technology For Humanity .

I had the honor of speaking with Mary Ellen Randall, President and CEO of IEEE, from Las Vegas during CES this week.

#IEEE — the world's largest technical professional society — has been around for over 140 years. 500,000 members. 190 countries. And a mission that cuts through the noise: advancing #technology for the benefit of #humanity.
Not for hype. Not for quarterly earnings. For humanity.

We talked about Jensen Huang receiving the 2026 IEEE Medal of Honor. Yes, #NVIDIA built the chips powering the AI revolution, but the recognition goes deeper — it's about the entire ecosystem enabling breakthroughs in #healthcare, autonomous systems, drug discovery, and beyond.

Mary Ellen shared something that stuck with me. She sees this moment as a new Renaissance. Like Florence in the 1400s — painters collaborating with sculptors, scientists exchanging ideas across disciplines — we're at an inflection point where everything is intersecting.

(I wonder why a reference to the Rinascimento resonated with me 😅)

The difference? We have the tools to do it globally, instantly.
But speed without ethics is reckless. IEEE is developing standards for #AIbias prevention, certification programs for responsible development, even protections for young people online. The slow, unglamorous work that lets innovation happen safely.

"Engineering with purpose" — that's the phrase she kept returning to.
In a world obsessed with moving fast and breaking things, it's refreshing to talk with people committed to building things that last. And building them right.

You can watch the interview https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk or listen to the podcast on Redefining Society and Technology podcast — 

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk
Audio Podcast: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com
Event Coverages: https://www.itspmagazine.com

#CES2026 #IEEE #JensenHuang #NVIDIA #TechnologyAndSociety #AI #Engineering #Innovation #RedefiningHumanity #cybersecurity

Sean Martin, CISSP Studio C60

Digital payments can expand financial inclusion — but only under the right conditions
#Finance #DigitalPayments #FinancialInclusion #DigitalFinance #EconomicInequality #PublicPolicy #DigitalBanking #Regulation #TechnologyAndSociety #DigitalPayments
https://the-14.com/digital-payments-can-expand-financial-inclusion-but-only-under-the-right-conditions/

A significant EU reform landed recently, reshaping how we safeguard elections, media, civil society, and the information space.

We’ve published an in-depth analysis that connects the dots across the Democracy Shield, the Civil Society Strategy, and the deeper cultural shifts beneath them.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/from-crisis-to-capacity-the-eus-most?r=6l8ed8

#Democracy #eu #disinformation #civicEngagement #humanrights #civilsociety #democraticresilience #informationintegrity #technologyandsociety #publicpolicy #futureofDemocracy

A significant EU reform landed recently, reshaping how we safeguard elections, media, civil society, and the information space.

We’ve published an in-depth analysis that connects the dots across the Democracy Shield, the Civil Society Strategy, and the deeper cultural shifts beneath them.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/from-crisis-to-capacity-the-eus-most?r=6l8ed8

#Democracy #eu #disinformation #civicEngagement #humanrights #civilsociety #democraticresilience #informationintegrity #technologyandsociety #publicpolicy #futureofDemocracy

NEW EPISODE on Redefining Society and Technology Podcast... so good!
Kate O'Neill is a Tech Humanist ranked in Thinkers50, a global keynote speaker, and executive advisor on #AI #ethics and future-ready tech decision-making. Her new book "What Matters Next" (Wiley) gives #leaders a framework for making human-centered decisions in a world where #technology moves faster than our ability to think through the implications.
I ABSOLUTELY loved this conversation! We went deep on something most leadership books skip over: what happens to meaning when we hand creative work over to #algorithms.
Kate's insight stopped me cold: when AI generates the most statistically probable outcome, information theory tells us it's actually creating the least meaningful one.
Every time we hit "generate" and just accept what comes back, we're choosing efficiency over significance. We're flattening human expression down to whatever's most likely, not what actually matters.
"There is nothing more human than meaning-making," she said. "From semantic meaning all the way out to the philosophical, cosmic worldview - what matters and why we're here."
Here's the paradox I've been living: AI sometimes takes MORE time, not less.
Kate laughed when I told her this because she knows the phenomenon from her #tech background - "yak shaving," where you spend ten times longer automating something than just doing it. But that's not really about time management. It's about understanding the relationship between our thoughts and the tools we use to express them.
Her message in "What Matters Next" isn't anti-#AI. It's about staying in the loop. Use these tools for ugly drafts, let them expedite workflow, but keep inserting yourself back into the process. Keep meaning and purpose alive in what you create.
Otherwise, as Kate puts it, we're just making "garbage that none of us want to exist in the world with."
In our Hybrid Analog Digital Society, the question isn't whether to use AI. It's how to use it in ways that amplify human decision-making and creativity rather than replace them.
Watch/listen to my full conversation with Kate O'Neill on the Redefining Society and Technology Podcast.
#Leadership #AIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #TechHumanist #AIStrategy #Innovation
Sean Martin, CISSP Studio C60 / ITSPmagazineRetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

Watch the Video 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4o33V5J9U
Listen to the Podcast 👉 https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/author-kate-oneills-book-what-matters-next-ai-meaning-and-why-we-cant-delegate-creativity-redefining-society-and-technology-with-marco-ciappelli-M_o7v_D4

NEW EPISODE on Redefining Society and Technology Podcast... so good!
Kate O'Neill is a Tech Humanist ranked in Thinkers50, a global keynote speaker, and executive advisor on #AI #ethics and future-ready tech decision-making. Her new book "What Matters Next" (Wiley) gives #leaders a framework for making human-centered decisions in a world where #technology moves faster than our ability to think through the implications.
I ABSOLUTELY loved this conversation! We went deep on something most leadership books skip over: what happens to meaning when we hand creative work over to #algorithms.
Kate's insight stopped me cold: when AI generates the most statistically probable outcome, information theory tells us it's actually creating the least meaningful one.
Every time we hit "generate" and just accept what comes back, we're choosing efficiency over significance. We're flattening human expression down to whatever's most likely, not what actually matters.
"There is nothing more human than meaning-making," she said. "From semantic meaning all the way out to the philosophical, cosmic worldview - what matters and why we're here."
Here's the paradox I've been living: AI sometimes takes MORE time, not less.
Kate laughed when I told her this because she knows the phenomenon from her #tech background - "yak shaving," where you spend ten times longer automating something than just doing it. But that's not really about time management. It's about understanding the relationship between our thoughts and the tools we use to express them.
Her message in "What Matters Next" isn't anti-#AI. It's about staying in the loop. Use these tools for ugly drafts, let them expedite workflow, but keep inserting yourself back into the process. Keep meaning and purpose alive in what you create.
Otherwise, as Kate puts it, we're just making "garbage that none of us want to exist in the world with."
In our Hybrid Analog Digital Society, the question isn't whether to use AI. It's how to use it in ways that amplify human decision-making and creativity rather than replace them.
Watch/listen to my full conversation with Kate O'Neill on the Redefining Society and Technology Podcast.
#Leadership #AIEthics #TechnologyAndSociety #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #TechHumanist #AIStrategy #Innovation
Sean Martin, CISSP Studio C60 / ITSPmagazineRetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

Watch the Video 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4o33V5J9U
Listen to the Podcast 👉 https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/author-kate-oneills-book-what-matters-next-ai-meaning-and-why-we-cant-delegate-creativity-redefining-society-and-technology-with-marco-ciappelli-M_o7v_D4

New episode alert! 🚗⚡

Why Electric Vehicles Need an Apollo Program: The Renewable Energy Infrastructure Reality We're Ignoring

I had a conversation with Swedish business consultant Mats Larsson (sorry for the late publication, Mats!!!) that completely shattered my assumptions about our electric vehicle transition.

We've been treating the #EV shift like upgrading our smartphones — expecting seamless transformation. But here's the reality: to electrify ALL US transportation, we need to double power generation. That's 360 nuclear reactors worth of electricity.

"First of all, we need to admit that we do not know exactly how to build the future. And then we need to start building it." — Mats Larsson

This isn't about building better cars. It's about redesigning civilization's transportation nervous system while pretending it's just another product launch.

Are we ready for Apollo program-scale thinking?

👇 Read the full article in my newsletter. There you can watch or listen the to the complete conversation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-podcast-episode-why-electric-vehicles-need-apollo-marco-ciappelli-pd5xc/?trackingId=LWn%2BUK%2F78zChuUP9VWTReA%3D%3D

#ElectricVehicles #Infrastructure #TechnologyAndSociety #Innovation #tech #Podcast #cars #transportation #future ITSPmagazine Sean Martin, CISSP

New episode alert! 🚗⚡

Why Electric Vehicles Need an Apollo Program: The Renewable Energy Infrastructure Reality We're Ignoring

I had a conversation with Swedish business consultant Mats Larsson (sorry for the late publication, Mats!!!) that completely shattered my assumptions about our electric vehicle transition.

We've been treating the #EV shift like upgrading our smartphones — expecting seamless transformation. But here's the reality: to electrify ALL US transportation, we need to double power generation. That's 360 nuclear reactors worth of electricity.

"First of all, we need to admit that we do not know exactly how to build the future. And then we need to start building it." — Mats Larsson

This isn't about building better cars. It's about redesigning civilization's transportation nervous system while pretending it's just another product launch.

Are we ready for Apollo program-scale thinking?

👇 Read the full article in my newsletter. There you can watch or listen the to the complete conversation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-podcast-episode-why-electric-vehicles-need-apollo-marco-ciappelli-pd5xc/?trackingId=LWn%2BUK%2F78zChuUP9VWTReA%3D%3D

#ElectricVehicles #Infrastructure #TechnologyAndSociety #Innovation #tech #Podcast #cars #transportation #future ITSPmagazine Sean Martin, CISSP

Sebastian Pfotenhauer discusses the new #ClusterofExcellence #TransforM, which explores how #technology and #society co-shape each other. The cluster aims to study socio-technical shocks in real time and rethink #innovation processes: http://go.tum.de/210816

#ResponsibleInnovation #TechnologyAndSociety #TransformativeTechnologies

📷M. Jooss

Sebastian Pfotenhauer discusses the new #ClusterofExcellence #TransforM, which explores how #technology and #society co-shape each other. The cluster aims to study socio-technical shocks in real time and rethink #innovation processes: http://go.tum.de/210816

#ResponsibleInnovation #TechnologyAndSociety #TransformativeTechnologies

📷M. Jooss

🎙️ Here is what in my news today! :)

A new transmission from Musing On Society and Technology

🌀 From Cassette Tapes and Phrasebooks to AI Real-Time Translations

There’s something beautifully awkward about trying to understand someone in a language that’s not your own.

I’ve been dreaming of real-time translation since I was a kid — not flying cars, not robot butlers (though I’d take one to fold laundry). Just the idea of truly understanding someone, in their language.

Now, with AI-powered translations in #Google Meet, we’re there.

It’s seamless. Flawless. Magical.

And then… it sucks.

Like, existentially, beautifully sucks.

Because while machines can now speak for us, we may be forgetting how to actually understand each other.

As a proud Gen X analog soul, I remember the rewinds, the mixtapes, the Maxell cassettes, the static. I felt language — in the waiting, the effort, the emotion.

Now? Everything’s fast. Clean. Automated. Translated. But at what cost?

This isn’t just about tech. It’s about humanity, connection, and the spaces in between. We don’t live in 0s and 1s — we live in the gray, the glitch, the hybrid.

🧭 Read (or listen to) the full story here — narrated by my #AI sidekick, TAPE3, who has a decent voice and way better pronunciation than me 😅:

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7079849705156870144/

Radio version? I meant podcast?

Here 🎧 https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/from-cassette-tapes-and-phrasebooks-to-ai-real-time-translations-machines-can-now-speak-for-us-but-were-losing-the-art-of-understanding-each-other-a-musing-on-society-technology-newsletter-written-by-marco-ciappelli-read-by-tape3

✌️ Stay curious and mispronounce a few words, it is ok.

— Marco

#AI #Translation #TechnologyAndSociety #DigitalHumanity #Storytelling #GenX #AnalogVsDigital #CulturalConnection #Language #HybridSociety #tech #technology #education #learning

🎙️ Here is what in my news today! :)

A new transmission from Musing On Society and Technology

🌀 From Cassette Tapes and Phrasebooks to AI Real-Time Translations

There’s something beautifully awkward about trying to understand someone in a language that’s not your own.

I’ve been dreaming of real-time translation since I was a kid — not flying cars, not robot butlers (though I’d take one to fold laundry). Just the idea of truly understanding someone, in their language.

Now, with AI-powered translations in #Google Meet, we’re there.

It’s seamless. Flawless. Magical.

And then… it sucks.

Like, existentially, beautifully sucks.

Because while machines can now speak for us, we may be forgetting how to actually understand each other.

As a proud Gen X analog soul, I remember the rewinds, the mixtapes, the Maxell cassettes, the static. I felt language — in the waiting, the effort, the emotion.

Now? Everything’s fast. Clean. Automated. Translated. But at what cost?

This isn’t just about tech. It’s about humanity, connection, and the spaces in between. We don’t live in 0s and 1s — we live in the gray, the glitch, the hybrid.

🧭 Read (or listen to) the full story here — narrated by my #AI sidekick, TAPE3, who has a decent voice and way better pronunciation than me 😅:

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7079849705156870144/

Radio version? I meant podcast?

Here 🎧 https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/from-cassette-tapes-and-phrasebooks-to-ai-real-time-translations-machines-can-now-speak-for-us-but-were-losing-the-art-of-understanding-each-other-a-musing-on-society-technology-newsletter-written-by-marco-ciappelli-read-by-tape3

✌️ Stay curious and mispronounce a few words, it is ok.

— Marco

#AI #Translation #TechnologyAndSociety #DigitalHumanity #Storytelling #GenX #AnalogVsDigital #CulturalConnection #Language #HybridSociety #tech #technology #education #learning

I've been pondering for many years how best to share a view of morality more coherent and scalable than that of our ancestors—with information technology amplifying (1) our understanding of our present but evolving values and (2) our methods for promoting those values into the future we create.

But how to share? The background knowledge is an unusual set that crosses the usual divides between science and humanities, technology and sociology, engineering and philosophy, …

Different people have different pieces of this background knowledge, but few have all the pieces to put it together.

I considered a book, a series of books, a series of essays, fictional stories conveying the key concepts, art, music, games, self-guided books with multiple paths, …

But very recently it became clear that an AI-mediated process is now practical and close to ideal! My own contribution to the project becomes focused on clearly communicating the web of concepts to the AI, and it will focus on effective interaction with users of disparate backgrounds.

Thought this worth sharing for others who may be faced with similar challenges.

Onward!

#AI #ethics #morality #sociology #politics #decisionMaking #technologyAndSociety

"Digital Vampires": I highly recommend this four-part podcast series by Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us, https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/20/digital-vampires-fourpart.html #BigTech #LLMs #SiliconValley #Politics #TechnologyAndSociety

Just read my usual morning dose of news headlines from multiple sources, checked my email inbox, scanned my Mastodon feed of P1, P2, and Home (including followed tags).

And I'm struck by the observation that the signal-to-noise ratio continues to get worse. Everywhere we see increasing effort and attention dissipated—for narrow, local interests.

- News outlets operate not to inform but to capture our attention for their marketing.

- Academics must publish or perish, even when lacking substantial novelty or significance.

- Posts on social media are (mostly) not to contribute and share value, but for the poster to be seen and heard, to get those dopamine hits, or to promote themselves or their business.

- The primary purpose of any organization is to perpetuate itself.

And Sturgeon's Law, that "ninety percent of everything is crap", continues to hold true.

We now have powerful technologies for information sharing and processing. We could use them to connect and inform and refine our awareness and decision-making within a workable global village.

But what will it take to flip the cultural context from competition over perceived scarcity to cooperation for increasing abundance, value, and meaning?

#technologyAndSociety #humanNature #culture #competition #cooperation #quality #consumerism #reason