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World Wide Web – or wieso, weshalb, warum?

-- By MarvinGalloway - 09 Oct 2020

Section I

The title of this essay refers to words that could be translated to mean the very same thing. The German words, wieso, weshalb, warum, and weswegen, in practice, translate to the English word why. They are used to ask a simple question in various different ways, which this essay is also attempting to do. Why are young people, myself included as a prime example, increasingly cautious about the way and manner in which we interact with modern technologies, yet simultaneously willing to ignore the many concerning aspects of the very same things we worry about. Whether we are talking about social media platforms, search engines, streaming services, video-chat software, e-commerce websites, or many others ranging from internet-connected personal assistants to chat applications, a common theme that unites most commercially successful versions of these is the willingness with which more and more people have embraced them to become part of their daily lives and routines. While topics such as data collection and security, privacy protection, and open access have been frequently discussed in academia, politics, and to some extent, mainstream media, many of us seem to acknowledge the fact that concerns are valid, yet only few choose to critically review their own habits and to question the capitalist structure on which the mentioned products or services are built upon, and the role that we (specifically, our data) play individually within the larger system. Why are we so willing to recognize warning signs about the things that many of us have integrated into our lives, while at the same time disregarding them blatantly?

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Perhaps it is the selbstverständlichkeit, to borrow another word from the German language, the taking for granted or obvious nature of a state of being, which has shaped our relationship with technology and big data, that is to blame for the current dynamic that exists. Our world has changed dramatically, at an exponential rate. My first cell phone was a Siemens A52. My families first personal computer used a Windows 2000 operating system and I still recall the lengthy process of having to dial into the quite expensive 2,000 kbit connectio

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