Digital rights

Explore how current economic and technological paradigms, particularly surveillance capitalism, are negatively impacting society. Broken Economic Models for Humanity Key Concepts: Surveillance Capitalism Definition by Shoshana Zuboff Extracts and monetizes human experience data Concentrates wealth, knowledge, and power Threatens human nature and democracy Externality First Capitalism Proposed solution to create markets for social good Examples: Carbon pricing in services Media platform taxation based on factual content Tax credits for repairable technology Taxation of addictive technology profits Corporate and individual wealth tax Right to repair initiatives Game Theory and AI

As we navigate the digital age, it’s crucial to learn from history and establish robust digital rights to protect human autonomy and dignity. Human Rights: From French Revolution to Digital Age The Age of Revolutions: A Perfect Storm The French Revolution emerged from a convergence of systemic issues and random events: Feudalism’s oppressive structure Widespread poverty and hunger Emerging ideas of democracy Influence of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” Inspiration from the American Revolution Rise of mass printing and pamphleteers The Rights of Man: Reshaping Society The French Revolution brought forth the concept of human rights, influencing democracy globally:

source: By Milky - Museum of the French Revolution, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78860432 The French Revolution is perhaps the most crucial event in the history of the world. A population violently overthrew a monarchy and developed important concepts of both individual liberty and democracy. It also showed the violent and horrific excesses of mob rule, something the world struggles with even today. Both helpful ideas and toxic misinformation spread through pamphleteers with often deadly consequences.