I grew up immersed in technology, and until recently, I quite liked that. Mine was the first generation to grow up on the internet, use social media, and own smartphones. As a child, I played games on the family desktop in the computer room with dial-up internet. I remember watching webpages slowly load on myContinue reading “We Do Not Have to Become One With Their Machine”
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On Social Media, You Are the Product. Can That Change?
Lewis (2010) wrote, “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold” (para. 3). This is the case for social media. Major corporations do not altruistically provide us with social media to help us connect. Rather, they do so to make money off of our attention and data.Continue reading “On Social Media, You Are the Product. Can That Change?”
The Vaccine
Content note: this piece is about the COVID-19 pandemic. I walk up to the hospital. There’s a line with a sign that says “COVID VACCINES”. I get in it. A woman lines up behind me and starts coughing. I inch forward. A nurse hands me a medical mask. “You can take off your mask andContinue reading “The Vaccine”
Sage Pantony 