Feb. 3, 2025
Essay: Build Something Useful
This week:
You're wasting your talent on bullshit while the world burns.
You — yes, you — can actually use your very unique set of skills for good. Even and especially at scale, even — yes — right now.
Here's What You Can Do:
- Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help get Zuckerberg’s grubby little paws off of your data.
- Volunteer with Tech Shift and start creating technology that actually contributes to the betterment of humanity.
- 🌎️ Get educated about social media, deepfakes, misinformation, and all the other internet foes by taking this Media Literacy Crash Course.
- Be heard about creating the appropriate safeguards for AI by urging your representatives to support the Algorithmic Accountability Act.
- 🌏️ Invest in tech that reduces emissions instead of dismantling democracy using Carbon Equity.
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