F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [S]

Homework

Do you think facebook (or other data based companies) gather too much information about us and it could become too dangerous in the future? Or is it a good thing that allows these companies to better understand our preferences like they claim?


Vocabulary

Corrupt – taking money or giving unfair advantages to people

Extort – make you do something or give money in exchange for not getting you in trouble
eg. The policeman extorted me for money otherwise he would have arrested me for a fake crime.

Selective – to be picky about which things you choose
eg. American news agencies are often selective about what news they give to the public.

Start/implement/institute/apply/launch …. the new system.


Pronunciation

developed [da-vel-up-ed]


Speaking exercise

They’ve already done the pilot in one city in China. It seems successful in their view. Their plan is goi to take this system to all of China by 2020. Their literally going to score people based on their behavior. If they do good things, like be nice to customers and if they follow the rules, like traffic rules, then they get a good score. But if they break the rules then their going to lose their points.