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Thomas P. Keenan

Dr. Thomas P. Keenan is a research fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a professor at the University of Calgary, and author of the best-selling book Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy, which can be bought with Bitcoin.

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein

How computers kill people, or let’s not ‘move fast and break things’

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | May 15, 2019
  • The idea that our technological creations may harm, or even murder us has been a theme of fiction from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein
The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality is usually attributed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Anthony Quintano

Have we found the key to the smart city?

  • CALGARY—The virtual currency Bitcoin has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital was forced to pay a ransom
Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | July 4, 2016
Blockchain technology is also being touted as a key enabler of the booming 'Internet of Things' which will see everything from your milk carton to your washing machine chatting behind your back. They might even spend your money. In a blockchain proof of concept, IBM rigged a Samsung W9000 washer to automatically order supplies like detergent when it runs low, and, yes, the lawyers say, if it’s your washer you will have to pay for the soap powder. Image courtesy of Samsung

Have we found the key to the smart city?

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | July 4, 2016
  • CALGARY—The virtual currency Bitcoin has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital was forced to pay a ransom

Have we found the key to the smart city?

Opinion | BY THOMAS P. KEENAN | July 4, 2016
  • CALGARY—The virtual currency Bitcoin has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital was forced to pay a ransom
Blockchain technology is also being touted as a key enabler of the booming 'Internet of Things' which will see everything from your milk carton to your washing machine chatting behind your back. They might even spend your money. In a blockchain proof of concept, IBM rigged a Samsung W9000 washer to automatically order supplies like detergent when it runs low, and, yes, the lawyers say, if it’s your washer you will have to pay for the soap powder. Image courtesy of Samsung
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