Jason Thomas
Contributing Writer
Jason is an expert in technology, investigations, and cyber security and has worked with governments, the private-sector, and non-governmental organizations to identify threats and opportunities that will shape the future. As Chief of Innovation for Thomson Reuters Special Services, Jason facilitates, oversees, and executes long-term solutions to emerging technology challenges. The views expressed are his alone and do not necessarily represent the views of Thomson Reuters or Thomson Reuters Special Services.
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This weekend, StoryCorps is asking us to interview our older relatives about their lives and upload it to the Library of Congress. What a wonderful way to spend your holiday.
ISIS routinely traffics and sells captured women and girls. Is buying them back fueling more terrorism?
Want to know how you can help stop ISIL? Stop buying their brand.
In times of emergency, many of us reach for our phones. They are vital to the safety and security of our families, friends, and colleagues.
Most of us are reasonable, thoughtful people. Why can’t we stop texting, emailing, and posting status updates while driving?
Why does much of the world stubbornly resist data and email encryption? Why don’t we enable it on all our devices all the time?
We build tools, and those tools determine, construct, and guide our lives. Should we welcome the assistance that artificially intelligent machines provide?
Last year almost 80 billion videos were watched on Pornhub, the world’s largest repository of free online porn. No wonder Playboy has to rethink its revenue stream.
The ill-mannered use of mobile phones in public is infuriating. Here’s what you can do about it.
Ever want to get rid of the link to that pic of you doing a keg stand? Google can help. And it’s pretty creepy.
Instead of watching a horror movie this season, what if you could be in one?
Until the Internet was allowed on commercial flights, the solution to assuage my fear of flying was to find the nearest airport pub and throw a few back before boarding the plane. That’s all changed.
In an attempt to be original, to stand out amongst the almost 300 million other selfies on Instagram, we actually fade into the background. We become mundane. Photos are no longer about remembering an event; they’re about displaying. They’re about showing the world who we are, who we wish to be. And it’s damaging our ability to remember.
Lately, we’ve become so infatuated with creating the next big thing, rushing headlong into crafting new technologies that we’ve neglected to think through the ethics of it. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.
Using technology is like having sex. We like the fun, the feelings, and the connection with others. But if aren’t mindful of downstream consequences like having babies, spreading disease, and dealing with psycho ex-lovers, we can end up in situations that we never anticipated.