Some thoughts on plagiarism
Written by Fang, 2021 Cohort What is plagiarism? To be honest, this is a hard question for me. I’ve heard
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UNFAIR CENSORSHIP VS MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION
Written by Nima Najariandariani，2021 Cohort
How deeply can search engines affect how people think? What about the attitudes or purchases you make? It’s not a very superstitious thing to say right now search engines have become some kind of mind-controlling machines. There are some tech experts who recommend you should never use the google search engine. They even go further and say it’s a surveillance and manipulation platform. … Continue readingUNFAIR CENSORSHIP VS MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION
What exactly is the metaverse?
Written by Sifan，2021 Cohort
Recently, I had a short chat in our Bootcamp about the different moods of the meta-verse. Some were excited, while others felt it is a bit dangerous. So what exactly is the metaverse? … Continue readingWhat exactly is the metaverse?
Blog & Career refocusing
Written by Dong，2021 Cohort In the past few months, I have written some pieces about Metaverse, NFT, programmatic advertising, Race
Concerns about the In-person course
Written by Taoan, 2022 Cohort I want to share a fable from my country. Bianque was a famous physician in ancient
Why now is not a good time to resume offline work/courses?
Written by Sifan, 2022 Cohort Next week, on January 24, our school will resume full-offline classes. It would be nice
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Fragmentary thoughts of the Cannery project
Written by Dong, 2021 Cohort
Eventually, we have finished our Cannery project, and I really enjoyed the teamwork environment with Cassie, Fang, Nima and Xiao. Perhaps it’s time to gather some thinking generated in this process and utilize it in the future project making! … Continue readingFragmentary thoughts of the Cannery project
A Digital Divide Still Exists
Written by Nima, 2021 Cohort
Despite increasing numbers of older adults accessing the Internet, fear of making mistakes and wider concerns about their social responsibility are among the reasons why many older people are still rejecting digital technologies. … Continue readingA Digital Divide Still Exists
Thoughts of the first Field Trip in pre-MDM
Written by Taoan, 2021 Cohort
As Pre-MDM students, 5 of us who are currently in Vancouver went on our first Field Trip last Friday with our two instructional assistants. Our destination was Gulf of Georgia Cannery, which is located in the Steveston historic site. … Continue readingThoughts of the first Field Trip in pre-MDM
Filter bubbles in programmatic advertising: homogeneity of feed ads leading to a bad outcome
Written by Dong, 2021 Cohort
As we all know, programmatic advertising based on algorithm technologies can match the perfect man whose interests, cognition, and identity are consistent with the products or services that advertisers want to sell, so as to realize the maximum consumption targeted by advertising, which is a normal thing in the digital era. … Continue readingFilter bubbles in programmatic advertising: homogeneity of feed ads leading to a bad outcome