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Ethics, Stasi, Cashless Sweden, Five Things, Digital Authoritarianism, Grande Nation - Issue #392

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Ethics, Stasi, Cashless Sweden, Five Things, Digital Authoritarianism, Grande Nation - Issue #392

Nico Lumma
Nov 24, 2018
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Ethics, Stasi, Cashless Sweden, Five Things, Digital Authoritarianism, Grande Nation - Issue #392

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The civility debate sidesteps how false assumptions about harm online, coupled with the affordances of digital media, encourage toxicity

In East Germany, a gamer scene emerged just before the fall of communism. Teenagers met at a computer club to swap and play C64 games. The state watched with interest.

Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyo…

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