You. And the morals of technology
summary
Shows concrete harms and fixes: cites the Facebook emotional contagion experiment and internal AI newsfeed use, describes suicide‑prevention flagging, notes China’s Great Firewall plus CCTV facial ID that located a reporter in seven minutes, and summarizes a study where Instagram influencers pushed children toward unhealthy snacks while healthy prompts failed. Uses Milgram’s finding that 65% obeyed authority as a warning. Ends with a real project: a GDPR‑compliant Secret Santa platform that delivered gifts to 170 kids and 30 elders, doubled next year, built with two hours/week and €2.50 per person.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:10Everyday moral dilemmas
- 7:51Technology and blurred lines
- 11:59Loss of privacy and surveillance
- 20:11Digital footprints of children
- 23:02The cost of progress and digital divide
- 24:53Piracy and its unintended consequences
- 26:43Neural engineering and superhumans
- 28:50Should we stop science?
- 31:01Moral dilemmas in tech companies
- 34:59The Milgram experiment explained
- 36:45Finding practical impact as developers
- 44:49Call to action for change
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