Meta Slavery: It’s Time to Stop Blaming Surveillance

If someone continuously shames surveillance (as if pursuit of knowledge is a bad thing inherently) they’re headed down the dangerous and dark path of criminalizing knowledge. Let’s be honest here. Facebook’s business model is not surveillance, it is slavery (an extreme form of debt capitalism). Here’s how a paper from 2016 laid out the problem: … Continue reading Meta Slavery: It’s Time to Stop Blaming Surveillance

Tesla v10 FSD Update is Yet Another Safety Disaster

I’ve seen a stream of complaints about the latest release of Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” software (FSD), version 10. Here’s a perfect example where the car starts driving on the wrong side of the road, directly towards collision with an oncoming car, and the driver says “WHERE ARE YOU GOING” as he strains to pull … Continue reading Tesla v10 FSD Update is Yet Another Safety Disaster

Racism at Tesla Might Explain Why Their “Autopilot” Crashes So Often

If you already know an infamous company is run by a white man from South Africa who grew up wealthy during apartheid (hint: his claims of $100K in debt at an early age are admitting his privilege and leverage, also known as credit)… then you might not be surprised to hear that racism is a … Continue reading Racism at Tesla Might Explain Why Their “Autopilot” Crashes So Often