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Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to ‘push back’ against algorithms that promote the ‘things you already know, believe, or like’ Filter Bubble

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to ‘push back’ against algorithms that promote the ‘things you already know, believe, or like’

Since being named CEO of Apple in 2011, Tim Cook has made it a point to ensure that Apple leaves its mark on the world in ways that stretch far beyond the company's business practices. Under his leadership, for example, Apple has boosted its sustainability ef…
bubmag
May 18, 2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to ‘push back’ against algorithms that promote the ‘things you already know, believe, or like’ Filter Bubble

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to ‘push back’ against algorithms that promote the ‘things you already know, believe, or like’

Apple CEO Tim Cook gave the commencement speech at Tulane University on Saturday, during which he encouraged students to listen to others and remain open to seeing the world in a different way. Cook encouraged students to pay attention to “what we owe one an…
bubmag
May 18, 2019
Eintrag “Take back your web – Tantek Çelik @ Beyond Tellerrand Conference, Düsseldorf 2019” beim Webrocker Filter Bubble

Eintrag “Take back your web – Tantek Çelik @ Beyond Tellerrand Conference, Düsseldorf 2019” beim Webrocker

Watch this. Understand this. For quite a while now I really think we are at a crucial point in the history of the web. In the weeks before this year's event, I thought back at my first visits to the Beyond Tellerrand Conference, how much it impressed me an…
bubmag
May 17, 2019
Because the US is so isolated from global literature, we’re missing out on “a thousand really good works of fiction every year.” Filter Bubble

Because the US is so isolated from global literature, we’re missing out on “a thousand really good works of fiction every year.”

May kicks off with the 15th annual PEN World Voices Festival, when international authors take over New York for a week of panels and events, and ends with the announcement of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize. In celebration of a month replete with worl…
bubmag
May 16, 2019