Heather Brooke
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Heather Brooke is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1970, Pennsylvania; grew up in Seattle (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Journalism and political science, University of Washington (1992); master's in English literature, University of Warwick (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Your Right to Know (2004); The Silent State (2010); The Revolution Will Be Digitised (2011) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism. (opens korrents.com)
“This is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism: turn a structural problem into an individual responsibility.”
- Social media platforms exploit our desire for connection while making genuine connection harder. (opens korrents.com)
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Fragmented attention and a weakened grasp of truth make people easier to manipulate, which helps would-be dictators. (opens korrents.com)
“Once our attention is fragmented and our understanding of truth weakened, we become easier to manipulate.”
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Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Animal Farm (opens rcmnd.app)
“It was a toss-up between Animal Farm and 1984.”
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Inherit the Wind (opens rcmnd.app)
“You can dramatise an issue through a play, as in Inherit the Wind.”
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All the King’s Men (opens rcmnd.app)
“All the King’s Men is a fictionalised story based on real people, and Malan uses his own life story.”
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Animal Farm (opens rcmnd.app)