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

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