In American society today, we are seeing a “War on our Children.” This is an orchestrated attempt by “Big Tech” to gain control of our children’s minds and hearts, and they have been doing an excellent job so far. Smartphones are their weapon.
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“Apple’s Journal App Probably Isn’t a Privacy Nightmare” – But the Tech Certainly Is!
Your iPhone, Android, Tablet, Car, smart TV, or any other “Smart” device has huge vulnerabilities. Your phone is not the place to store private information, and if you think you are not being tracked by your phone, tablet, smartwatch, or even your car, you are sadly mistaken. Shutting off features does nothing but limit them to hackers and governments.
Resurrecting the Agora as a Physical Civic Space
If there was one massive revolution in global culture, particularly the cultures in wealthy, so-called first-world societies, through the COVID Project, it has been a massive uptick in average daily and weekly screen time among nearly all age groups.
Palate Cleanser: Ancient Technology? What Does That Make Me?
And probably many of our readers as well. After all, these two have no idea what a landline is.
Data Point – Cameras vs Smartphones
Unless you are a serious amateur or professional, you are using your smartphone to take photos or videos. I decided that for most GraniteGrok work, I decided to get a high end smartphone instead of a new prosumer video camera.
Quick Takes – Hat Trick
Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own. But first, reprising an older cartoon (for shameless self-promotion!):