#Labor
3 episodes-
Gaming V - The Game Never Ends
In Part V of our Gaming Series, we examine with our guest, Shaday Agosto-Vázquez, how algorithms, AI, and modern digital systems shape what we see and believe without disclosure or consent. From recommendation loops and misinformation rabbit holes to AI systems mirroring and amplifying belief, the conversation surveys how readily human cognition can be guided, narrowed, or exploited by deceptive design. Join us on today’s episode as we discuss how to recognize these “games” and define our own.
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Future of Digital Labor & Recycling Robots
In this thought-provoking episode of Positively Pedestrian, the hosts explore the complex issues surrounding automation, gig economies, and AI recycling techniques. They discuss the topic of E-waste, micro-jobs, and blockchain-based gig contracts. This discussion goes beyond what technology is capable of; it raises important questions about what technology should do.
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IT Moonlighting & Consumer Lives Matter
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss IT professionals and employees in other related career fields that can be done remotely, double or triple dipping working several jobs simultaneously, and tools that help people pull this off. We talk a bit about the right to death, then transition to the intricacies of capitalism and contemplate whether deceit is a required skillset within capitalism. Then we have a look at the major health and wellness factors plaguing many Americans, especially the more relatively poor. Finally, we discuss gamifying self-improvement, utilizing a grass roots movement and the natural propensity for groupism to build a counterculture against rampant consumerism.
