Its Canon Podcast 052 - Tech & Society

Its Sunday, you know what that means!

We are back with the news roundup.  It's a pretty heavy week on the tech side of life this time round.  Boris and Phil dive headfirst into the Cryptocurrency / blockchain end of things to explore the environmental responsibilities of the whole industry and its goals.  We examine the pivot the tech industry had to do in order to support working from home and the mental and emotional stress it puts on everyone as well as the repercussions on industry and development.  We chat about twitch and other platforms regarding their policies with content creators and what it really says about everyone involved.  In big news it seems more platforms have been compromised with your personal data being the commodity surrendered.  Finally we have some fun chatting about the box office numbers involving lightning lizards and some industry moves by Netflix to battle the big mouse house.

 

Suicide Prevention info

If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:

All of Canada

All info can be found here: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

Kids Help Phone
Text Services: Text "CONNECT" to 686868 (children and youth)

Youthspace.ca (NEED2 Suicide Prevention, Education & Support)
Youth Chat (6 pm - 12 am PT): www.youthspace.ca
Youth Text (6 pm - 12 am PT): (778) 783-0177

In the US:

Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741741 from anywhere in the USA, at any time, about any type of crisis

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

 

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