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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Ind.ie

      Understand that technology is not a butler but an extension of the self. With ‘smart devices’ ask: who’s getting starter about whom?https://twitter.com/indie/status/804702732682727425 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Ind.ie @indie
      ‘The Subtle Ways Your Digital Assistant Might Manipulate You’ https://www.wired.com/2016/11/subtle-ways-digital-assistant-might-manipulate/ … On our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/the-subtle-ways-your-digital-assistant-might-manipulate-you/1452 … pic.twitter.com/1lK1255dA9
      3 replies 7 retweets 16 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @aral

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      If you own & control the tech, you’re getting smarter about yourself: cool. You own/control all aspects of your self, including digital oneshttps://twitter.com/aral/status/804795477216608256 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Understand that technology is not a butler but an extension of the self. With ‘smart devices’ ask: who’s getting starter about whom? https://twitter.com/indie/status/804702732682727425 …
      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016
      Replying to @aral

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      If, however, a corporation owns & controls the tech, they’re getting smarter about you. They own/control some aspects of your self.https://twitter.com/aral/status/804795794184372224 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Replying to @aral
      If you own & control the tech, you’re getting smarter about yourself: cool. You own/control all aspects of your self, including digital ones https://twitter.com/aral/status/804795477216608256 …
      1 reply 3 retweets 8 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      We are cyborgs. We are sharded beings. We extend our biological selves with tech. We must extend the protections of the self to our tech.https://twitter.com/aral/status/804795976787656704 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Replying to @aral
      If, however, a corporation owns & controls the tech, they’re getting smarter about you. They own/control some aspects of your self. https://twitter.com/aral/status/804795794184372224 …
      1:16 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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      5 replies 8 retweets 13 likes
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        2. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          have you read Homo Deus? If not, you should. The second half is right up your alley.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @podehaye

          Haven’t. Will do. Thanks for the tip :)

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. End of conversation
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        2. VOTE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!‏ @virtadpt 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          Docker, Salt, Puppet, your package repository of choice make it relatively easy to build an exocortex yourself.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @virtadpt

          Indeed. The real challenge is how to make that the default for people without the tech skills.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. VOTE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!‏ @virtadpt 3 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          Have you seen mailinabox? Script that sets up a full mail stack, including anti-spam and webmail. Same thing can be done.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. VOTE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!‏ @virtadpt 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          There is so much F/OSS stuff that can be run on home or hosted equipment, it's not even funny.

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        1. VOTE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!‏ @virtadpt 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          A lot of people underestimate how many augmentations they can stand up and run themselves, without external control #exocortex

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        1. Erik Jonker‏ @ErikJonker 2 Dec 2016
          Replying to @aral

          it's about developing superior AI feeding on our data

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