Friday, April 27, 2012

danah boyd


Alec Couros (@courosa)
4/25/12 9:54 PM
"How a culture of fear thrives in attention economies, and what that means for "radical transparency" 

putting everything out into the open will make people more honest...

rests on the notion that the long term gains of radical transparency out weigh any short term costs..

bullying is not on the rise..
bullying is much more visible..
kids report that bullying at schools happens at higher degrees
issue of perception and visibility

we usually imagine the worst

"protect the kids" becomes justification for regulating the net in any way you could possibly imagine
us attorney general whoa.. 27:25 ff