The Conversation

Fri Apr 27

The internet is designed for corporations, not people

Written by Gordon Hull, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director of Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Conversations on Facebook ethics are part of a bigger conversation about information architecture.AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Urban spaces are often designed to be subtly hostile to certain uses. Think about, for example, the seat partitions on bus terminal benches that make it harder for the homeless to sleep there or the decorative leaves on railings...

The internet is designed for corporations, not people

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