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Kentaro Toyama

@kentarotoyama

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Author of Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology; Assoc Prof at Univ of Michigan School of Information

Joined May 2010
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7 years
Potential silver lining in the coming AI job apocalypse:
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7 years
@civictechjobs University of Michigan seeks Clinical Assistant Professor of civic technology
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@civictechjobs Univ. of Michigan seeking Clinical Asst. Professor of Civic Technology: #civictech
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8 years
@thisrunson @maggieserota @joyopal Those are big cobras!
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8 years
RT @Aoyama_book: 外山健太郎さん 松本裕さん 訳『テクノロジーは貧困を救わない』(みすず書房) が入荷しています。単純なテクノロジー礼賛の罠を超え、��間の心の問題に焦点を当てた、貧困問題解決への筋道を提示します。(山下)
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8 years
If they'd only share the proceeds, you could almost cheer for these folks. #DigitalRobinHood
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8 years
@rashmibansal @gkjohn If information is power, and power corrupts, then...?
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8 years
@gsantarosa Obvious use of tech to make something people already want to do more efficient. But, will it improve learning? Doubt it.
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8 years
Couldn't have said it better! "Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax" Nicholas Kardaras @TIME
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8 years
@niftyc What have you been tweeting lately? Algorithms don't have biases. They are 100% objective and data-driven. ;-) #umsibookclub
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8 years
RT @Longreads: Can we truly achieve mindfulness through an app? @TheBafflerMag #longreads
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8 years
13 ways machine learning can steer you wrong: Lisa Morgan @InformationWeek
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8 years
@niftyc In my case, it was particularly apt, because I only say the same things over and over. #umsibookclub
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8 years
@niftyc Who needs to pre-write tweets, when there's this...? #umsibookclub
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9 years
@niftyc Latour: 4 things wrong with ANT: "actor" "network" "theory" and hyphen! :-p #umsibookclub
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9 years
Happy to continue discussion any time, anywhere! #umsibookclub
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9 years
@umsi Thanks for hosting, and thanks to all for lurking or participating with great questions! #umsibookclub
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9 years
@niftyc I think that could be said without 90% of ANT. ;-) #umsibookclub
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9 years
@niftyc But, I think ANT has traction because it's so ambiguous that others can project onto it what they like. #umsibookclub
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9 years
@niftyc Ha ha! We'll have to talk more later. ANT is *not* a theory in my book. It's more a methodology. #umsibookclub
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