Tension between Cultures

 Tension between cultures asked to enact western values, tech parts made outside U.S., influence of colonization, made for largely American marketplace

· Western sharing of secrets online is often performative, almost nothing on social media is candid, it’s put there for a purpose – “selective secrets”, sometimes fabricated completely to put forth a persona on social media, not necessarily accountability, “performative”

· influencers come up with secrets to share to give them a leg up, fabricate a secret to make yourself seem more authentic, performative

· U.S. has more of an emphasis on family privacy rather than communal, polarized by different traits and beliefs, scew towards what you grew up with, as a country we don’t have one communal interest that we all agree on, wearing masks wasn’t a communal agreement in the U.S., family and communal interests can interconnected, AIDS crisis (some people turned a blind eye but if someone in family got sick, people started caring about AIDS crisis as a communal issue)

· Individualistic society in U.S., loss of social capital and communities in the U.S., people are individualistic but when you do try to be communal, think of family first, what you know/comfortable with more than strangers. Because we don’t interact with one another (worker living next to boss) on a social basis, destroys fabric of United States

· Communities built through technology might not be understood by older communities, creates a new era of community, goes above and beyond neighborhoods/borders/places, community has changed

· When Molly was getting American visa and thought she would reveal any sensitive content about U.S. or China, issue of national security interests/trust, difficult to address someone else’s suspicions

· Took a long time to regulate pharmaceutical industry, will probably take a long time to regulate tech industry especially since its rooted in a libertarian, hands off principles, less willing to have taxed, pays off in quality of life

· Pros & cons of rules-based privacy policy, outsider perspectives on U.S. help us see how they view our policies, makes us rethink, countries affected by colonialism who make parts for technology could be exploited/affected negatively by U.S. and European alliance, calling the shots for the rest of the world, the concern is who gets to save a say about this international order, emphasize power discrepancies that are already a part of our systems

· Bipartisan system in American politics, creates polarization that means that not much gets done, both sides aren’t happy, end up in gridlock, voting against other party rather than build alliances across multiple parties and a willingness to compromise to keep politics going – compromises democracy

· China only has one party, intense COVID protocols, only reopen for economic interests rather than democratic values or what’s best for people

· Worst case scenario of nationalism and one-party system w/ technology – manipulation of media/censorship/fake news

· Russia produces news in English and other languages as a means to extend control to build a bigger empire – ex. Of manipulation of media

· Consider various approaches to privacy across cultures/communities/examine pros and cons – one overarching opinion doesn’t give us freedom to gain a broader perspective from other cultures

Abbie’s Notes:

· Film and Fictionalizing Truth

· BlacKKKlansman

· Black policeman infiltrates the KKK by using a fake (i.e. more white-sounding) voice

· Do filmmakers have a responsibility to accurately portray history rather than fictionalize it?

· Privacy II

· Non-Western approaches to privacy

· Ubuntu

· Personal information known and shared with group

· Withholding information is “abnormal”

· Buddhist

· “No self” – the idea that one should share their most intimate/personal secrets in order to reach enlightenment