cover image: Monitor Vol. 26, No. 1, May/June 2019

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Monitor Vol. 26, No. 1, May/June 2019

11 Jun 2019

very word “correct” gets my Missing in action The second issue T back up, evoking the most of contention is the uptight, self-righteous and Excellent articles on the twice-mentioned use doctrinaire elements of the theme of workers’ strikes in of the word “defence,” a so-called left. [...] Other earlier this year, which called for the On the issue of pooled negotiations research has found that adopting the creation of a national drug agency, with pharma, the Canadian Drug Agen- best practices from around the world the development of a comprehensive, cy will likely build on the foundation would result in savings of $4 to $7 billion. [...] Gary Wolf dubbed it, the “quantified self.” These devices, 11 through data collection often operated understand the dark underbelly of for a fair share of the wealth they gen- by GPS technology, have the potential this new reality, in which most of the erated, on the one hand, and boycotting to improve personal well-being in information, the “smart” technology unethical products on the other. [...] Furthermore, this According to the United Nations, the the means of production and had most ecosystem of information is controlled global population is expected to rise to of the power under industrial capital- by only a handful of companies. [...] even fully aware of all the implications? scheduling and power usage.” But Google says: “There are no ads in G We need to be vigilant about the the value of the device, according to Suite for Education core services, and collective implications of the amount and Wired, “lies not in the hardware itself students’ personal information won’t be type of data collection taking place in but the interconn.
ISSN
1198497X
Pages
52
Published in
Canada
Series
Monitor

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