NC State

Nov 24, 2022

What Taylor Swift’s: The Era Tour Revealed about Ticketmaster’s Unethical Engineering Practices

In my goal to connect everything in my life back to Taylor Swift, I am going to discuss the recent public scrutiny that Ticketmaster has faced after the pre-sale debacle for Taylor Swift’s: The Eras Tour, and the unethical nature of the company and offer potential solutions/next steps. So for anyone unaware of the current… 

Nov 20, 2022

Making Immortality a Reality

The concept of immortality has different meanings to different people. For believers in Abrahamic religions (like Christianity and Islam), the general consensus is that the human soul is immortal, but the body is not. For the ancient Greeks, there’s a bit more debate on whether the soul is immortal or if we simply cease to… 

Nov 20, 2022

When You Wish Upon a Shooting … Satellite?

In May of 2021, I was leaving my junior prom with my friends. As we were standing outside talking, we noticed that there appeared to be a blinking line of bright lights high up in the night sky. Almost star-like, the lights soared high above us – about 100 of these blinking lights traveling in… 

Nov 20, 2022

Can Misinformation be prevented?

Especially over the past couple years, we all have noticed a rise in problems with misinformation and the creation of echo chambers. As the US continues to divide into more extreme groups, it has become increasingly important to find effective ways to combat this problem, especially in social media. Generally, the blame is placed on… 

Nov 7, 2022

Alex Jones and Activism

A few classes ago, we briefly discussed Zeynep Tufekci – not because of something she had done related to technology, but for an article that she had written. Our discussion made me curious about her, so I found myself stumbling upon one of her opinion articles for the New York Times titled We Should Try…