Wednesday, October 16, 2019

New words I have coined

Technoracism
A phenomenon when people are slot into hierarchies based on the technology they use / can afford. Or when people are put down for using certain kinds of gadgets following "preference hegemony" in technology.

Technoracist
A person who puts down others in feeling superior because he owns better gadgets.

Data Capitalism
The urge for collecting more and more information so as to trade it in any means.

Worlding
The process of meaning-making (often through language) in objects, things and space around you in order to be able to transact with it, and make it a part of your world. World here is understood as the set of things one knows outside of oneself.

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