@kindrachuk0 I agree, it needs to be regulated early on to protect children from harmful and dangerous influences. The internet has the capacity to be a dark and nasty place,best to prepare and protect than shield and isolate kids
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Developing brains are impressionable, there are certain levels of understanding that they can appreciate at different ages. I believe in preserving the innocence of childhood while raising adults that are prepared for and critical of the world they are a part of.
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@viula11 I agree it needs guidelines. VR storytelling is improved when it relies on factual data points as opposed to witness testimony such as the work done by Forensic Architecture. (https://t.co/dq7ZJ6QanX).
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@kindrachuk0@Isaiah_ML In addition empathy because of VR can be both useful or destructive, as we know we are all the heroes of our own stories and whether intentional or not you create villains through this method of storytelling.
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Seeing is believing, and our justice system resides on the pillar of โinnocent until proven guiltyโ VR storytelling can influence the jury's/public's opinion of a person before they have their day in court.
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@_sweere_ Pro-tip if you prefer a paperback: when you go on vacation to a city, you can usually get a temporary library card there that will allow you to take out books for your visit. (I do this when I visit my family)
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@kendallbist I agree with this. There is also a certain lovely nostalgic feeling in rereading a book and seeing old dogeared pages or underlined passages. Especially if you got the book second hand. You don't get that with a kindle.
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I often anthropomorphize my books based on when/where I read them and what I learned from them, just like a childhood friend. I donโt have the same bond with the PDF version of my favorite book.
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@gregbalanko we absolutely need to consider the consequences, because it's decisions we make about our rights and laws now that will be used as precedent in the future
@gregbalanko but aren`t we talking about online privacy? and isn't the internet and social media global? Everyone in the world is affected by these issues. It's unethical to say that privacy isn't valuable to us so it has no value
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@gregbalanko I'm just saying maybe we haven't considered all the consequences of being journalists online that we should be so eager as to disregard privacy as a luxury not a right.
@gregbalanko Consider coup's in other countries trying to get rid of people who openly disapprove of the leader of the party that comes to power. It is common to eliminate those who speak out and didn't FB help people organize for demonstrations and then they end up wanted?
@gregbalanko We need a proper system of checks and balances, so we need to be wary of giving up our information for convenience. Social media sites are able to collect your entire internet history. I know I am sounding downright Orwellian, but to go into the future without caution is reckless
@gregbalanko in addition if they have this unlimited access that cannot fully be deleted what happens if there is a regime change, a war, a coup? Would you feel safe with all the information about you and others in the hands of others?
@gregbalanko Privacy is about more than what is being posted, it is about the metadata and the click stream data. It is also about allowing the government unfettered access to information that used to require a warrant. we have to remember governments are impermanent institutions
โBy saying โI have nothing to hide,โ you are saying that itโs OK for the government to infringe on the rights of potentially millions of your fellow Americans, possibly ruining their lives in the process. To me, the โI have
nothing to hideโ argument basically equates to