Digital Society (explained)
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Jameela Jamil – “The Good Place” & Tackling Toxic Diet Culture | The Daily Show
-Welcome to the show. -Thank you. And congratulations on, what is it? Season three now? -Season four. -Season four of The Good Place. -Mm-hmm. -That’s starting… That started tonight. -Yes, it’s the final season. -Yeah. -Congratulations. -(cheering and applause) I-I love the premise of the show, because it’s basically, like, a… Well, it’s like the …
Barack Obama takes on ‘woke’ call-out culture: ‘That’s not activism’
you know this idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically woke and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly. The world is messy, there are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids and share certain things with you …
9 False Values of the Modern Society That Rule Your Life
What was that one thing you simply couldn’t wait for when you were a kid? My bet would be growing up. Because grown-ups always do exactly what they want, right? Well, no…. In reality, many desires that adults have are dictated by the stereotypes and false values of the society we live in. For example… …
The Sociology of Technology
[music plays throughout] [Mostafa Karima] My name is Mo. I’m a fourth year International Business student. This class right now, it’s, uh, Sociology of Technology and Change. The reason I chose this class, there was a few that kinda were my options for my elective, but I’m in International Business, and I’ve found that, you …
Our Current Knowledge Society | Rumi Chunara | TEDxSugarLand
Translator: Imamali Dadashzada Reviewer: Denise RQ In 2013, riding the wave of Google Flu Trends, our research group found that Google search queries from Thailand could actually be predictive of the number of cases of malaria in Thailand. But what would happen when we looked a little bit closer is we found that some of …
Social Computing for Social Good in Low-Resource Environments
[MUSIC]>>I think a lot of you already know Aditya, but he is a PhD candidate in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Washington, and he spent a lot of time at Microsoft Research, Bangalore as one of their associate researchers. Is that what they call it there? Assistant researcher?>>Assistant researcher.>>Assistant researcher. …
ReThink Before the Damage is Done | Trisha Prabhu | [email protected]
Translator: Giulia Bocci Reviewer: Denise RQ Students like myself often hear the phrase: we are the future. While that is true, I genuinely believe that we are also the now. That philosophy has guided me through all of my work and my journey, to help make this world a better place. And for me, that …
I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left | Megan Phelps-Roper
I was a blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked five-year-old when I joined my family on the picket line for the first time. My mom made me leave my dolls in the minivan. I’d stand on a street corner in the heavy Kansas humidity, surrounded by a few dozen relatives, with my tiny fists clutching a sign that I …
6 Elements of Boosting Engagement in your Online Community
A lot of online creators today really want to build a community around their content, but what does that really mean, and how do you go about doing it? Today let’s talk through six of the basic elements that any successful online community needs to have, and we’re going to talk about those coming up …