What did I learn? Statistically speaking I learned an high but unquantifiable amount of information about how much information is now our there and available to anyone with just cursory knowledge of how to use the internet. In addition I am fearful of how much information and therefore power could be gained and wielded by an individual or organization.
People have been manipulating people for a very long time and we have evolved defenses if you will to protect ourselves from the interpersonal types of manipulation that takes place from day to day. (Ok some protection, except from women, though I do recognize it but that to is part of the evolutionary game.) In Fact there is a movement to teach our students to recognize manipulation by studying such things as the Nazi propaganda campaigns, and yes even some time spent on the American propaganda being used. Our students are being taught to recognize manipulations in advertisement as well. Still as has been brought up in this course by others what type of training is being done for those students entering the Cyberworld and what implications do the new naivete's have for manipulation of future generations.
Will we evolve technical defenses against the invasion of privacy, ID theft and manipulation by marketers?
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