Today, I remembered linking to a "Letter from 2020" back in 2001. It had been written in 2000 by Mark Summerfield.
It is now gone 😥, but @waybackmachine has a copy! 😍
How maps in the media make us more negative about migrants
A great demonstration of how maps and dataviz can influence our understanding of what happens in the world, in our society.
When these things happen, as a community, I feel we should respond with kindness, support, and understanding when someone steps back from community participation or projects. We should not shame or guilt them in any way, and ideally act in such a way that welcomes their return whenever they are able to do so.
Allowing people who share responsibility for our tech dystopia to keep control of the narrative means we never get to the bottom of how and why we got here, and we artificially narrow the possibilities for where we go next.
Une vidéo que tout le monde devrait voir[1], une expérience que tout le monde devrait pouvoir faire.
Votre vie privée doit le rester, ne vous exposez pas dangereusement
Alors que plane une incertitude sur un éventuel bug de Facebook qui aurait rendu publics d'anciens messages privés, une belle campagne vidéo est diffusée en Belgique pour sensibiliser les Internautes aux dangers que l'on court en exposant trop de données personnelles.
Tantek Çelik
Maria Farrell