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This podcast is thought provoking and makes me think about issues that I didn’t realize was an issue. The recent episode on what if the internet archive goes dark really made me go hmm. I’ve learned so much in each episode about the power of technology as a force for good but it also opens the tab and examines the unintended consequences of technology.

Pleasantly surprised how forward thinking this podcast is. It’s a nice blend of online culture with the traditional and professional NPR voice.

I’ve already learned so much from them. Thank you for making tech and politics transparent and digestible. Please don’t stop this pod! We need a deep dive on much more, I particularly want to know about the tech that runs our ballot machines - who makes these softwares, how are they secured, and how do we know we can trust them?

Just listened to Shadow Scholars. It isn’t mentioned at all how cheating is wrong and how the people offering cheating services might also be wrong for their participation. It’s unethical to engage in cheating whether you sell or receive the cheated work. The providers live in other countries allowing them to not be criminally liable and we’re meant to leave feeling sympathetic for them that they cannot go to global north universities? If they’re so highly educated then they can create their own structures in their own countries to develop systems of accreditation or build their own businesses (which they’ve already done, but hopefully next time with ethics in mind). It just felt very incomplete to leave the episode without ever hearing any ethical considerations.