Boyd is an information scientist, web application architect, and philosopher of technology. He is also a designer of information architectures for large corporations including Accenture, Leidos, Alyeska (the Trans-Alaska Pipeline), Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and Alcon (the largest optical device company in the world). Some of his research areas include digital addiction, AI-Driven behavioral modification and their impacts on societal and human development.
How are users algorithmically controlled while online? If fifteen years ago, you had been told that by 2020 nearly everyone would carry around a device in their pocket that tracked their lifestyle, friends, prejudices, purchases, videos, political opinions, facial expressions, and physical location, you might have laughed and accused the teller of being a “conspiracy […]
How can we create flourishing human relationships? Jaron Lanier, one of the founders of virtual reality, asked the following question, “If the ‘hive mind’ is my audience, who am I?” [efn_note]Jaron Lanier, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, (New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Kindle Edition) loc. 175.[/efn_note] The hive mind is an order in which […]