Technology Ethics

The Optimized Life - Part 2: The Slot Machine in Your Pocket

2 September 2020·775 words·4 mins

Systems and Innovation Technology Ethics Addiction Algorithms Social Media Psychology Data Mining Design and Innovation Historical Case Studies Consumer Psychology Trade and Supply Chains

How social media platforms and digital services use sophisticated algorithmic optimization to maximize engagement and extract human attention as a commodity.

The Optimized Life: When Efficiency Becomes Extraction

1 September 2020·316 words·2 mins

Systems and Innovation Optimization Efficiency Design Consumer Culture Technology Ethics Economics Design and Innovation Historical Case Studies Consumer Psychology Trade and Supply Chains

A critical exploration of how optimization—from product design to platforms to labor—has shifted from serving human flourishing to extracting it, and how a doctrine of necessary margin offers a way forward.

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