Episodes and Blog Entries
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Episode 50: What Happened to Cyber Utopia?
Episode | December 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
technology
Doc Searls and Jon Lebkowsky talk reality, social constructs, the internet, and disinformation.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 25, 2020: Owned.
Article | November 25th, 2020
What does it even mean?
apple, hardware, open source, ownership, technology -
Episode 49: Parler, Ownership, and Open Source
Episode | November 20th, 2020 | 56 mins 54 secs
open source, social media, technology
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Petros Koutoupis, and Kyle Rankin talk Parler and platform lock-in, the concept of data, software, and hardware ownership, and the open source social contract.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 18, 2020: Myths, Humans, and Technology
Article | November 18th, 2020
An investigation.
myths, politics, technology -
Episode 48: The Politics of Communication
Episode | November 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
politics, technology
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Professor Barbara Cherry of Indiana University about political division, legislation and regulation, technical evolution, and more.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 10, 2020: Technology Revolutions
Article | November 10th, 2020
The web finds a way.
By Katherine Druckman
apache, cybersecurity, politics, revolution -
Episode 47: Revolutions
Episode | November 6th, 2020 | 53 mins 32 secs
technology
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Petros Koutoupis talk to active FOSS contributor and Apache community member, Hadrian Zbarcea, about revolutions, both technical and other.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 3, 2020: Is There a Place for Facial Recognition?
Article | November 3rd, 2020
This week we talk facial recognition in everyone's hands, digital rights, and the right to be forgotten.
By Katherine Druckman
art, facial recognition, photography, power, privacy, surveillance -
Episode 46: Facial Recognition, Surveillance Technology, and the Balance of Power
Episode | October 30th, 2020 | 58 mins 33 secs
ai, facial recognition, surveillance, technology
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Kyle Rankin talk about facial recognition and surveillance technology in the hands of individuals, and how that affects the balance of power.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - October 27, 2020: Should Social Media Be Regulated?
Article | October 27th, 2020
This week we talk section 230, efforts to regulate social media, and social media's impact on journalism.
By Katherine Druckman
journalism, politics, regulation, section 230, social media, technology -
Episode 45: Social Media Regulation and Journalism
Episode | October 23rd, 2020 | 54 mins 9 secs
journalism, regulation, section 230, social media, technology
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Petros Koutoupis talk social media regulation and its relationship to journalism and the threat to Section 230.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - October 20, 2020: Podcasts Killed the Radio Star
Article | October 20th, 2020
This week, we talk about podcasting's evolution and rise in popularity, as well as radio's decline.
By Katherine Druckman
podcasting, radio -
Episode 44: Podcasts Killed the Radio Star
Episode | October 16th, 2020 | 46 mins 58 secs
podcasting, radio, technology
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Petros Koutoupis discuss the evolution of podcasting vs. radio.
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Reality 2.0 Newsletter - October 13, 2020: The Journey Begins
Article | October 13th, 2020
This week we explore ad tech, privacy, and user agency.
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Page X-Ray Data Privacy Analysis Featured in Episode 43
Article | October 9th, 2020
Dr. Augustine Fou joins us for Episode 43 of Reality 2.0 to walk us through his Page XRay app, a data visualization tool that maps web site trackers.
By Katherine Druckman
ad fraud, ad tech, ad tracking, cookies, privacy, research -
Episode 43: Ad Tracking Runs Deep
Episode | October 9th, 2020 | 59 mins 5 secs
ad tech, ad tracking, privacy, technology
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dr. Augustine Fou about his privacy analysis app, Page X-Ray, ad tracking, and data privacy.