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Facebook’s Distorting Lens: The Danger of Social Deference

Recently I got over my revulsion for Facebook and once again activated an account. I did it in part because though I dislike the platform…

Sep 1, 2020

Facebook’s Distorting Lens: The Danger of Social Deference

Sep 1, 2020

Can we Waive our Privacy Rights?

Why We Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Waive our Right to Private Information

Mar 14, 2020

Can we Waive our Privacy Rights?

Mar 14, 2020

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5 Stoic Quotes for the Age of Trump and Brexit

The impeachment hearings, Brexit, anxiety over Trump and all things Trumpish, my jade plant that withers without water but otherwise…

Dec 13, 2019

5 Stoic Quotes for the Age of Trump and Brexit

Dec 13, 2019

The Case for Removing All Politicians From Twitter

Political omnipresence has gone too far

Dec 11, 2019

The Case for Removing All Politicians From Twitter

Dec 11, 2019

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Five Problems with Google’s Expanding Reach

This morning, within an hour of my first cup of coffee, I heard an ad for Google’s telephone services, and read news of Google’s foray…

Nov 14, 2019

Five Problems with Google’s Expanding Reach

Nov 14, 2019

The Peeping Tom Effect Makes Us Worry About the Wrong Threats to Our Privacy

How a psychological bias could be keeping us from protecting our data

Nov 7, 2019

The Peeping Tom Effect Makes Us Worry About the Wrong Threats to Our Privacy

Nov 7, 2019

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Facebook’s Free Speech Charade

Seeing through Zuckerberg’s Georgetown Speech

Oct 31, 2019

Facebook’s Free Speech Charade

Oct 31, 2019

Google’s “Argument” Against Blocking Third-Party Cookies

Because Google cares so much about your privacy, they have announced a new standards initiative to increase privacy on the web. They call…

Sep 7, 2019

Google’s “Argument” Against Blocking Third-Party Cookies

Sep 7, 2019

Robert Howell

Robert Howell

Robert Howell is professor of philosophy at SMU. Author of Consciousness and the Limits of Objectivity (Oxford, 2013).

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