There’s a difference between sharing information and having it collected about you.
Ryan knows this.
Mostly.
Benedictine College’s Center for Technology & Human Dignity is holding a faculty-staff discussion today on “AI, Surveillance, and Implicit Pedagogies,” part of a series examining contemporary questions about technology.
At the Little Station, that becomes a considerably more practical discussion.
Ryan doesn’t want people knowing where he is all the time.
Except his family.
And the team.
And a couple of friends.
Jake points out that Ryan has stumbled onto a real distinction: choosing to share information isn’t quite the same thing as being watched without your knowledge or meaningful consent.
For one brief, shining moment, Ryan has made a surprisingly sophisticated argument about privacy.
Then Tall Girl walks in.
Technology may raise complicated questions about surveillance, consent