We are at a moment that some of the Silicon Valley companies are feeling the pressure. These days the founder of Twitter apologized that his company promoted some of the things that elected Donald Trump. You don't see that much of these apologizing from Google. From Mark Zuckerberg you are hearing a little bit more of it, but he is a little more "Oh, well, this is what happens because the internet scaled up and everybody has fake news; oh, we are gonna build a better technology".
This is what engineers in Silicon Valley typically do. "Ok, well, of course there are some problems of our technology because it is so excellent and … - Ramesh Srinivasan
This is what engineers in Silicon Valley typically do. "Ok, well, of course there are some problems of our technology because it is so excellent and …
- Ramesh Srinivasan
If you create networks that allow people in their own local systems to have power and agency and sovereignty in their own systems. The idea that peop… - Ramesh Srinivasan
If you create networks that allow people in their own local systems to have power and agency and sovereignty in their own systems. The idea that peop…
The point I'm trying to make is if these networks of communication technologies are owned, monetized, surveilled, and classified by those with power … - Ramesh Srinivasan
The point I'm trying to make is if these networks of communication technologies are owned, monetized, surveilled, and classified by those with power …
I'm really interested not just in privacy for the individual but respect for the local communities. And I think we have a problem with both and whene… - Ramesh Srinivasan
I'm really interested not just in privacy for the individual but respect for the local communities. And I think we have a problem with both and whene…
The Silicon Valley companies are not understating that they are so politically and socially and culturally central in the world. They would probably … - Ramesh Srinivasan
The Silicon Valley companies are not understating that they are so politically and socially and culturally central in the world. They would probably …
I think the governments need to encourage internet companies and convince them that they can be extremely profitable without necessarily spiraling ou… - Ramesh Srinivasan
I think the governments need to encourage internet companies and convince them that they can be extremely profitable without necessarily spiraling ou…
Fake news is a product of the internet that is not transparent. Fake news can spread online because as users we have no idea where any of the content… - Ramesh Srinivasan
Fake news is a product of the internet that is not transparent. Fake news can spread online because as users we have no idea where any of the content…
Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge. - Ramesh Srinivasan
Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge.
When I was in graduate school at MIT I was trying to think about how to develop software and systems for farmers and villagers in India. In the proce… - Ramesh Srinivasan
When I was in graduate school at MIT I was trying to think about how to develop software and systems for farmers and villagers in India. In the proce…
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