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Code and the American eating disorder

Google has replaced God as the Source of All Things, so naturally it gets blamed a lot. Nicolas Carr has made a fascinating and revealing analysis of Google recipe search results , and it is deeply scary. If Google algorithms can affect the way a nation eats, not just how it does its homework, that’s [...]

Privacy as Currency

There’s a pretty good article in Newsweek on the issue of privacy, proposing the almost obvious idea that privacy is the new online currency, but putting it very well: The genius of Google, Facebook, and others is that they’ve created services that are so useful or entertaining that people will give up some privacy in [...]

Aztec Vengeance (The Lawsuit not the Horror Movie)

Starbucks Mexico, according to the Mexican government, did NOT do it’s due diligence in pursuing intellectual property rights before having mugs made with images of Aztec calendars and pyramids made for sale.   Starbucks Mexico has taken the mugs off the shelves, apologized (to who?), and agreed to pay compensation (to who?)  My Ethisphere e-bulletin asks [...]

For those of you interested in business ethics issues:

This just in from Vertical News, a recent University of California study suggests that codes of ethics will “will become commonplace and include greater consideration of global issues” The study looked at the corporate codes of ethics for 157 businesses found on the Fortune 500/Global 500 lists.

Did you say New Media?

For the latest on digital production software: click here What your Conservator doesn’t know about the underlying structure of the Mona Lisa (If you are in a shared office, it is recommended to turn up your speakers.) Damn. Some people have all the fun.