Karl A L Smith

human knowledge belongs to the world

algorithmic manipulation

Why Is Technology Constantly Trying to Influence My Choices?

Think about an ordinary day online. You open an app and something has already been selected for you. You visit a website and something is recommended. You read an article and another one is waiting. You watch something and the…

How All me is Building a Privacy-by-Default Future

In an era dominated by algorithmic manipulation, data harvesting and massive data breaches, social media can feel less like a community and more like a surveillance trap. Mainstream networks operate on an “opt-out” system: they take your data by default,…