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New Year, New Digital You
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/new-year-new-digital-you/
Published: January 2, 2025 04:09
Dear followers of The Opt Out Project, Today I announce the start of Take Back Your Digital Footprint: a 21-day cyber-cleanse designed to help you retrieve your digital life from the Tech giants. In a post per day, I’ll walk you through a process for…
The Encyclopedia Project and more
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/the-encyclopedia-project-and-more/
Published: June 13, 2024 20:30
Dear Opt Out subscribers, I’ve just published a new piece at Public Books, about the hallucinations of generative “AI” and ordering an encyclopedia in response. It’s a critique of a fundamental problem in technology ethics—the ignorance of what knowledge…
AI is just "outsourcing," ethical Mars rovers, fireside chats, and more ...
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/ai-is-just-outsourcing-ethical-mars-rovers/
Published: April 7, 2024 03:02
Hello Opt Out travellers, Did you hear the one about the U.S. grocery stores with fancy automated checkouts --that were actually staffed by people in India? In another lose-lose for our current AI obsession, Amazon backtracked on their Just Walk Out…
Reddit, Twitter, and more...
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/opt-out-newsletter-podcasts-and-more/
Published: July 2, 2023 16:19
Hello fellow Opt Out travelers, As Twitter and Reddit implode around us, the lessons from the Opt Out project are more valuable than ever. If you or a friend are ready to take the plunge, my post on The Tech Breakup offers some helpful tips.…
Happy new year from the Opt Out Project!
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/happy-new-year-from-the-opt-out-project/
Published: February 1, 2023 14:30
Dear fellow data economy resistors--and aspiring resistors! I'm thrilled that my article about my undetectable family trip to Disneyland is now online at PublicBooks.org. You won't want to miss this one. It not only includes the crazy antics necessary to…
Opt Out Project Newsletter
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/opt-out-project-newsletter/
Published: November 10, 2022 14:00
Welcome, new subscribers! With the mass migration to Mastodon this week a lot of new people are discovering the value of leaving behind the technologies, systems, and services we just don't agree with. If you know of someone making the move, be sure to…
Website up and running!
https://buttondown.com/optoutproject/archive/website-up-and-running/
Published: October 18, 2022 19:00
The Opt Out Project website is up and running! Featuring initial posts about what to use instead of Google, and laying out my philosophy and approach to opting out. What you can expect in the next few weeks: How to Break Up with a systemKeep your pregnancy…