Convenience may make your life easier. But what does it cost? #TEDTalks

What is one thing that everyday people What is one thing that everyday people can do to push back against Big Tech? can do to push back against Big Tech? can do to push back against Big Tech? >> That is a hard question. >> That is a hard question. >> That is a hard question. >> There's like a scam in all of this that >> There's like a scam in all of this that >> There's like a scam in all of this that they're trading convenience to us in they're trading convenience to us in they're trading convenience to us in exchange for like all this stuff of exchange for like all this stuff of exchange for like all this stuff of value. value. value. >> The more steps you take to preserve your >> The more steps you take to preserve your >> The more steps you take to preserve your privacy, the less convenient your life privacy, the less convenient your life privacy, the less convenient your life becomes, right? You stop agreeing to becomes, right? You stop agreeing to becomes, right? You stop agreeing to things. You reject the cookies. You put things. You reject the cookies. You put things. You reject the cookies. You put the tracker blockers in, and then you're the tracker blockers in, and then you're the tracker blockers in, and then you're not going to be able to order pizza in not going to be able to order pizza in not going to be able to order pizza in that browser. that browser. that browser. But like you'll be fine. But like you'll be fine. But like you'll be fine. >> And I would just add on to that, >> And I would just add on to that, >> And I would just add on to that, convenience for whom? Efficiency for convenience for whom? Efficiency for convenience for whom? Efficiency for whom? Cuz now I go to the grocery store, whom? Cuz now I go to the grocery store, whom? Cuz now I go to the grocery store, I have to check out my own cart. You get I have to check out my own cart. You get I have to check out my own cart. You get on the phone, you can't even get a human on the phone, you can't even get a human on the phone, you can't even get a human on the phone for days. There's no on the phone for days. There's no on the phone for days. There's no accountability. And so, I don't know if accountability. And so, I don't know if accountability. And so, I don't know if it's it's it's convenience for me or if it's efficiency convenience for me or if it's efficiency convenience for me or if it's efficiency for Big Tech companies that make the for Big Tech companies that make the for Big Tech companies that make the world less human for me. world less human for me. world less human for me. >> 100%.