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Essay: Build Something Useful
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:26:52
Publish Date: 2025-02-03 08:00:00
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This week:

You're wasting your talent on bullshit while the world burns.

You — yes, you — can actually use your very unique set of skills for good. Even and especially at scale, even — yes — right now.

Here's What You Can Do:

  • Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help get Zuckerberg’s grubby little paws off of your data.
  • Volunteer with Tech Shift and start creating technology that actually contributes to the betterment of humanity.
  • ️ Get educated about social media, deepfakes, misinformation, and all the other internet foes by taking this Media Literacy Crash Course.
  • Be heard about creating the appropriate safeguards for AI by urging your representatives to support the Algorithmic Accountability Act.
  • ️ Invest in tech that reduces emissions instead of dismantling democracy using Carbon Equity.

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