{"id":6356,"date":"2020-10-23T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2020-10-23T20:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T04:41:00","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/10\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-273","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 273"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>\n\n On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. How does Google\u2019s monop\u00adoly hurt you? Try these search\u00ades.<\/a> (Geof\u00adfrey Fowler, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cGoogling didn\u2019t used to require so much \u2026 scrolling. On some search\u00ades, it\u2019s like Where\u2019s Wal\u00addo but for infor\u00adma\u00adtion. With\u00adout us even real\u00adiz\u00ading it, the Internet\u2019s most-used web\u00adsite has been get\u00adting worse. On too many queries, Google is more inter\u00adest\u00aded in mak\u00ading search lucra\u00adtive than a bet\u00adter prod\u00aduct for us.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. A shad\u00adowy AI ser\u00advice has trans\u00adformed thou\u00adsands of women\u2019s pho\u00adtos into fake nudes: \u2018Make fan\u00adta\u00adsy a real\u00adi\u00adty\u2019<\/a> (Drew Har\u00adwell, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cAn arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence ser\u00advice freely avail\u00adable on the Web has been used to trans\u00adform more than 100,000 women\u2019s images into nude pho\u00adtos with\u00adout the women\u2019s knowl\u00adedge or con\u00adsent, trig\u00adger\u00ading fears of a new wave of dam\u00adag\u00ading \u2018deep\u00adfakes\u2019 that could be used for harass\u00adment or black\u00admail. Users of the auto\u00admat\u00aded ser\u00advice can anony\u00admous\u00adly sub\u00admit a pho\u00adto of a clothed woman and receive an altered ver\u00adsion with the cloth\u00ading removed.\u201d Well, that\u2019s not ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading at all. <\/li>\n
  3. Of Course We\u2019re Not a Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Mike Lee, First Things): \u201cOur sys\u00adtem of gov\u00adern\u00adment is best described as a con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal repub\u00adlic. Pow\u00ader is not found in mere majori\u00adties, but in care\u00adful\u00adly bal\u00adanced pow\u00ader.\u201d The author is a US Sen\u00ada\u00adtor (R \u2014 Utah).<\/li>\n
  4. Should the Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal Be Polit\u00adi\u00adcal?<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cThe Coin\u00adbase deci\u00adsion cap\u00adtured the atten\u00adtion of CEOs, tech work\u00aders, and mem\u00adbers of the media who are ask\u00ading them\u00adselves a time\u00adly ques\u00adtion: What role, if any, should polit\u00adi\u00adcal activism play in the work\u00adplace? If Coinbase\u2019s approach doesn\u2019t lead to a staff exo\u00addus or legal set\u00adbacks or some oth\u00ader unfore\u00adseen harm, it is like\u00adly to be adopt\u00aded at oth\u00ader companies\u2013\u2013probably for the better\u2013\u2013because it is well suit\u00aded to help\u00ading work\u00adplaces stay diverse and<\/em> inclu\u00adsive in a polar\u00adized moment.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Elec\u00adtion-relat\u00aded arti\u00adcles\n