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Seeing Like a Data Structure

Schneier on Security

A course in data structures is exercise after exercise in building and manipulating abstractions, ones that are typically entirely divorced from the messy, context-laden, real-world data that those data structures will be used to store. Here’s an example. This involves the use of abstract reason over social preferences.

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AI and the Evolution of Social Media

Schneier on Security

1: Advertising The role advertising plays in the internet arose more by accident than anything else. Advertising was the obvious business model, if never the best one. Big Tech needs something to persuade advertisers to keep spending on their platforms. In both cases, the solution lies in limits on the technology’s use.