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Understanding and Resisting Big Tech

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Down with Metrics: The Exquisite Joys of an Unquantifiable Life

There is a lot of value and happiness to be found in private, unseen, unquantifiable…

Elena RossiniApril 13, 2023

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Programmatic advertising and distracted minds: a match made in (Internet) heaven

What is programmatic advertising and why should we care about it? And how does the…

Elena RossiniApril 6, 2023

The Realists Kid TV

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The real enemy of a Realist isn’t Big Tech… It’s Indifference

Big Tech isn't the enemy - the real problem is INDIFFERENCE to the monumental changes…

Elena RossiniMarch 31, 2023

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In Praise of Friction and Compromise

An ingenious app encourages its users to cut down on social media use - and…

Elena RossiniJanuary 18, 2023

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Our infinite appetite for distractions: yesterday, today and tomorrow

Thought-provoking musings about our tendency to seek out distractions - from intellectuals from the 1930s…

Elena RossiniJuly 22, 2022

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NextDNS: My favorite tool to increase privacy, security and mindfulness online

NextDNS is an easy-to-install firewall that protects you from surveillance capitalism and security threats. It's…

Elena RossiniJune 24, 2022

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