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.

Timestamps

00:13:26 Social media’s erosion of empathy

00:22:40 Surveillance technology

Links

• Instagram’s Facade of the Perfect Life Has Made Us Lose Our Empathy
• ‘Big Brother’ surveillance state? As facial recognition use grows, so do privacy fears
• Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras