Flipping the Script on Feminization of AI
AI is sexist. Of course it is. It’s something most of us have realized by now, and some have come to accept.
But what if there’s something critical that we’re overlooking?
Let’s dive in.
Deadly Mistakes and Brutal Truths: The Subtle Violence of LinkedIn
Have you ever scrolled through LinkedIn, filled with inspiring, empowering, and upbeat content, only to end up feeling more uncertain and wired?
Starting my PhD research earlier this year led me to pay closer attention to how we communicate online: about the AI transition, and beyond. The more I observed LinkedIn from a researcher's perspective, the more uncomfortable I felt.
The Virtual Altar: Commodity, Sacrifice and the Subject in the Metaverse (early research notes)
My objective is to delineate the emerging, virtual commercial space known as “the metaverse”. What I observed so far is that the metaverse initially appears as a space of pure potential and consequence-free enjoyment. Sacrifice is delegated out of sight, into the physical world. But upon closer examination, this virtual space is interwoven with the sacrifice of its users.
A Call For Not Being Yourself: Alter Egos and Intentional Fakeness as a Mode of Resistance
Zelda Zonk strolled leisurely through Central Park on a warm spring afternoon, sheltering from the sun with a pair of cat-eye Ray Bans. She paused, taking a deep exhale of relief. She cherished these brief moments of freedom: feeling blissfully unknown, liberatingly unimportant. Comfortingly average.
Tracking Manifestations of Parasitic Deified-Capital in Work And Wellness
Walter Benjamin wrote in 1921: “capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed.” Over a hundred years later, his words ring as true as ever. He added: “capitalism has developed as a parasite of Christianity” (Benjamin, 2004). As Giorgio Agamben revisited Benjamin’s essay, he stated: “capitalism is (...) a religion in which faith – credit – is substituted for God.
Learning to unknow: reclaiming the transformative process of knowledge
My mother is an elementary school teacher, and when I was growing up, she taught me about the importance and value of education. This could have been the beginning of a heart-warming story, if not for the fact that learning, as it was presented to me by my mother, was always only a means to an end.