Maekan It Up

Alek Rose, MAEKAN summer apprentice, discusses the news of the death of 3 Canadian vloggers in connection to how social media has warped our perception of others. Charis brings up the subject of increasingly advanced surveillance technology and how this impacts privacy and societal norms. 00:13:26 Social media’s erosion of empathy 00:22:40 Surveillance technology Instagram’s Facade of the Perfect Life Has Made Us Lose Our Empathy by Dan Ginn https://petapixel.com/2018/07/09/instagrams-facade-of-the-perfect-life-has-made-us-lose-our-empathy/ ‘Big Brother’ surveillance state? As facial recognition use grows, so do privacy fears by Rob Lever https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/08/big-brother-surveillance-state-facial-recognition-use-grows-privacy-fears/ Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras by Paul Mozur https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is a membership-based publication and community focused on the sights and sou