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Understanding and Resisting Big Tech

Dozens of articles shedding information on Big Tech, surveillance capitalism and the dark side of online advertising.

How to guides about how to use technology more mindfully – and not be used by it.

"When you see how many likes you get after you post something online, how many…

Elena RossiniNovember 16, 2018

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I never thought I’d say this, but here we go: I agree with Kanye West.…

Elena RossiniNovember 6, 2018

"I noticed that I was obsessed with how many likes I was getting on a…

Elena RossiniNovember 4, 2018

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"The media have become masters at packaging stimuli in ways that our brains find irresistible,…

Elena RossiniOctober 31, 2018

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I’m often asked what inspired me to make my first feature-length documentary The Illusionists. Even…

Elena RossiniOctober 25, 2018

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The first few weeks of a digital detox / minimalism overhaul are incredibly hard. Here…

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We're in the golden age of algorithmic recommendations, of artificial intelligence dictating which books and…