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													<span class="mvp-post-excerpt left"><p>(OPINION EDITORIAL) Hurricanes are nothing new and typically, they claim way too many lives. But as technology continues to reach more people, I think that number will drastically reduce as proven by Harvey.</p>
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<h2>Tech game changer</h2>
<p>As Hurricane Harvey approached the third coast, the storm system started dumping water. Houston, the 4th largest city in the nation, saw up to 51 inches of rain which is more than the booming metropolis sees in a year. </p>
<div align="center"><strong>Read also: <a href="https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/steps-storm-damage-victims-take/">Steps all storm damage victims should take</a></strong></div>
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Immediately droves of people descended upon Houston to aid the relief and rescue missions that began almost as quickly as the storm did. What was the game changer though, was technology and the ability to get information to people, fast.</p>
<h2>A brief history</h2>
<p>In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, more specifically New Orleans. Even though it was a Category three storm, the storm surge it produced was one of the worst in history. Katrina was responsible for more than 1,800 deaths.</p>
<blockquote><p>Also in 2005, Twitter had not yet been invented. </p></blockquote>
<p>As of publishing, Hurricane Harvey has claimed the lives of 40 people. Let’s break that down. </p>
<p>A vast majority of people have either forgotten or have just omitted that the storm tore through Texas’ coastal cities first. Corpus Christi, Rockport, Port Aransas and several others saw unprecedented destruction. Add those cities populations to Houston’s, a city with a population of more than two million people, and the fact that the death toll is not in triple or quadruple digits is astonishing.</p>
<h2>Technology victory</h2>
<p>Again, I will pose that this number is so ridiculously low due to technology. I’m from Houston, so I feel like I have been immersed in all of the rescue stories. (side bar: Don’t even entertain the idea that all 2M people should have evacuated, I’d like to remind you of 2008’s Hurricane Rita where almost one hundred people died in their cars, stuck in evacuation traffic).</p>
<blockquote><p>The Harvey stories I keep hearing and reading are stories of 911 not being able to respond.</p></blockquote>
<p>The 911 operators were so overwhelmed with calls that some people in need of rescue called local restaurants for help. </p>
<p>A former high school teacher of mine detailed <a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/I-downloaded-an-app-And-suddenly-I-was-talking-12172506.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her 34 hour stint as a dispatcher</a> on Zello, a walkie talkie app that connected countless souls to the Cajun Navy and other rescuers.</p>
<p>Hell, two guys I grew up with saw the need for rescuers to get connected to rescuees and <a href="https://qz.com/1065089/volunteers-are-coordinating-harvey-rescue-efforts-through-crowdsourcing-and-zello/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">created an open source website</a> that allowed those in need of rescue to upload location and other vital information so that rescuers could asses and see who was in their immediate area and save lives.</p>
<h2>The future is now</h2>
<p>When Katrina hit, touch screens were still a pipedream, the only people who had internet on their phones were people who had Blackberry PDAs, and snake was the only app available. Coding was as obscure as the Cubs winning a World Series and Facebook was barely a year old.</p>
<p>Go from that, to 92% of Americans having cell phones (two-thirds of them owning a smartphone) all with data with the ability to communicate through text, talk, and thousands of apps. In the wake of the storm people have been using Facebook to find missing loved ones, Waze to update road conditions, Twitter to organize efforts and plain ol&#8217; texting to check in with friends.</p>
<h2>Quick turnaround</h2>
<p>As Hurricane Irma threatens Florida, Hurricane Katia looms just south of Texas near Mexico and Hurricane Jose makes up its mind on where it will go, it is my sincere hope that people were paying attention to Texas last week.</p>
<p>Houston put on a clinic on how to act in a natural disaster. Houstonians showed the country (and the world) how to rally together, regardless of religion, race, or creed, to make a difference. Houstonians also showed how putting the proper systems in place can, and will save lives.</p>
<h3>#HurricaneHarvey</h3>

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<p>If you’re not convinced that we live in a sexist society, take a look at some of <a href="https://www.pharmapacks.com/products.php?product=Sleep-Pretty-in-Pink-Women%27s-Ear-Plugs-14-pairs&#038;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4uY9p2Q2QIV2bbACh1ZMgEsEAQYASABEgJF7fD_BwE">the products</a> that are totally <a href="https://www.eater.com/2011/9/7/6655615/introducing-chick-beer-a-pink-lady-beer-for-ladies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">unnecessarily</a> marketed towards <a href="https://www.gogirlenergy.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">women and girls</a>. Although still reinforcing an <a href="http://www.enbycollective.org/uploads/7/4/8/0/74806703/nonbinary101.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">arbitrary gender binary</a>, companies can be somewhat forgiven for aiming their marketing of sex-specific products, like tampons, towards women. (Not that tampon ads are unproblematic, and not that women are the only people managing menstrual blood &#8212; but that’s another article.)</p>
<p>It’s when they start pumping out pink versions of products that have absolutely nothing to do with what’s between your legs that our society’s totally whack notions of femininity are revealed. Take for example, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Pink-Hardware-SteelTec-Tool/dp/B0083ZBN3C/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517883682&#038;sr=1-3&#038;keywords=her+tools" rel="noopener" target="_blank">hand tools</a>. Even if you’re banking on the notion that women are, generally speaking, smaller than men, the usefulness of a teeny-tiny, pink-handled hammer for whacking anything larger than a thumbtack is questionable. And don’t get me started on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BIC-Fashion-Retractable-Assorted-Fashion-FHAP21-ASST/dp/B005YGLA5Y" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bic’s Pens for Her</a>. As a literate, college-educated woman, I’ve always had such a hard time using pens to write, until now! – said no one, ever. </p>
<p>Here’s the latest: some genius bros at PepsiCo are getting ready to launch a “lady-friendly” chip. According to their “research,” a quieter, less messy chip is more appropriate for the fairer sex. Global chief executive Indra Nooyi told Freakonomics Radio, “Although women would love to crunch loudly, lick their fingers and pour crumbs from the bag into their mouths afterwards, they prefer not to do this in public.” </p>
<p>Lady-Doritos will be less crunchy (‘cause everyone wants a soggier chip, am I right?) and will come in a smaller, handbag-sized package. No word yet whether or not women will get a discount for the reduced volume, or whether we’ll still pay the same price as our male counterparts with their giant man-bags of extra crunchy chips. </p>
<p>In the midst of a massive, <a href="https://metoomvmt.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">cross-industry callout</a> of sexual misconduct towards women, women <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/31/bbc-in-real-trouble-over-equal-pay-carrie-gracie-tells-mps" rel="noopener" target="_blank">fighting for equal pay</a>, a conservative <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/22/579661047/in-trumps-first-year-anti-abortion-forces-make-strides" rel="noopener" target="_blank">political backlash</a> against reproductive rights, these bogusly gendered not-so-crunchy snacks are hardly the most misogynistic thing happening in America right now. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, it’s important to point out that products like this are a result of, and contribute towards perpetuating, the same gender stereotypes that underlie these more serious problems. </p>
<p>When we make diminutive tools for women we are telling them: you are smaller, your work is smaller, and you can’t or don’t need to do the same kinds of work as men. </p>
<p>When we make “pens for her” we are telling women: you are not competent like a man, you need a special tool to do the most basic of tasks. And when we make foods for women that are “skinny,” “guilt-free,” or less-crunchy we are telling women: you should be ashamed to eat, because the thinness of your body and the daintiness of your manners is what’s important about you. </p>
<p>Nooyi’s comments are especially problematic, juxtaposing how women would like to behave with what kind of behavior is appropriate in public. </p>
<p>The idea that certain female behaviors are not appropriate in the public sphere has a long history of justifying sexist ideas and even laws. Women have had a long, hard fight to be able to participate equally in the public sphere, whether it be working, getting an education, or voting. Apparently women have to defy their designated role just to enjoy a crunchy snack outside of their own home. (By the way, in true feminist fashion, Texas National Organization for Women is hosting a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/158063958316817/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">women’s public chip picnic</a> at the state Capitol later this month.)</p>
<p>After the internet lost their minds over this, PepsiCo told ABC News, “The reporting on a specific Doritos product for female consumers is inaccurate. We already have Doritos for women — they’re called Doritos, and they’re enjoyed by millions of people every day. At the same time, we know needs and preferences continue to evolve and we’re always looking for new ways to engage and delight our consumers.”</p>
<p>They say these chips will never hit shelves, they were just pondering product lines &#8211; their scrambling to rewrite history is confusing at best. </p>
<p><strong>It’s enough to make a girl want to eat her feelings.</strong> </p>
<p>I could really go for a crunchy snack right about now. And I fully intend to lick all of the crumbs off of my fingertips – if I can find a brand that isn’t owned by PepsiCo.</p>

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<p>When we look back at 2017, we may very well end up describing it as a watershed year for women in the workplace. Despite years of progress, women still have to put up with pay gaps, misogynist cultures, and sexually coercive environments to make a living. Even female entrepreneurs that are in charge. </p>
<p>But over the past year, more women than ever before are calling out these unfair practices. The #MeToo phenomenon has put a bright spotlight on the pervasive problem of sexual misconduct in the workplace, and Silicon Valley is finally being forced to reckon with its woman-hating frat bro culture. </p>
<p>Despite generous media attention to these efforts towards gender equality, it remains to be seen whether or not these conversations will create real change. </p>
<p>Zooming in our lens to startups and entrepreneurship, a stubborn plateau of investment in women-founded businesses indicates that all of the hullabaloo about sexism is nothing more than hand-wringing, leading, so far, to little real change. </p>
<p>TechCrunch has been tracking over 50,000 global companies to assess how women are doing when it comes to investment in startups. Of the 54,702 companies who received initial funding between 2009 and 2017 only 16 percent had at least one female founder. </p>
<p>Although this number nearly doubled between 2009, at 9 percent, and 2012, at 17 percent, this percentage has stabilized in the past five years, hovering between 16 and 17 percent. </p>
<p>Companies founded exclusively by men continue to raise about 85 percent of seed money, with mixed-gender teams taking around 11 to 13 percent, and companies founded exclusively by a woman or women receiving only 4 to 6 percent of seed funds. Women-owned companies have also received only 3 percent of total venture investment dollars since 2012. In the early-stage venture phase, women-founded companies who have received venture investments only receive $77 for every $100 that male-owned companies receive, echoing the gender pay gap across industries. </p>
<p>It’s time for the tech industry to put its money where its mouth is. All of this lip service to creating a more woman-friendly work environment is meaningless until women in leadership are supported with the same dollars as male founders and CEOs. </p>

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<p>Is Google’s latest bit of viral marketing a play to collect more data on users? Coming from one of the largest advertising data gatherers on Earth, the answer is almost certainly a yes.</p>
<p>Recently, Google’s Arts and Culture app, which traditionally collected visual data on artwork to allow for virtual museum touring, added a facial recognition software to match selfies with famous portraits throughout the history of art. The app has been a social media boon as users continue to share the (often hilarious) results of this facial recognition game.</p>
<p>However, one is left to wonder what Google is doing with all this data. </p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5274357/New-Google-app-sparks-privacy-concerns.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a>, several users on social media have speculated that the app is a way to trick people into submitting data to a “facial recognition database,” which could have several purposes. Some have gone so far as to speculate that the database could be linked to a government entity like the NSA, signaling a step forward into a national &#8220;surveillance state.&#8221; Google replied to The Daily Mail to say they aren’t using the photos in any other capacity. </p>
<p>It is worth noting that Google is no stranger to using visual data for a semi-hidden purpose. A few years ago, Google changed its Captcha requirements to make users select  a series of pictures featuring a specific part of an object. To the world, Google did this to make it tougher for bots to spam the search engine, thereby making the experience for real humans better. </p>
<p>However, in 2009, Google bought some technology that couples captured data from those captcha answers to train AIs, according to <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429992-400-googles-new-bot-trap-trains-machines-to-see-the-world/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">New Scientist</a>.  This information can train AIs to better recognize visual inputs, allowing teams at Google to advance projects like the auto-tagging of images (spoiler alert: that project is doing quite well).</p>
<p>Could it be true that Google isn’t using the images for some other purpose? Maybe. However, they now know an easy way to incentivize a lot of people to give them the data they need to train the machines. If the point of this game is benevolent, I wouldn’t expect the goal of the next one to be the same.</p>
<p>Truthfully, I don’t believe Google’s benevolence in this case. </p>
<p>Data is currency in the digital age, and in that sense, there is no free lunch. We continue to trade something valuable for free access to this level of online information and interaction, and nobody knows that better than Google. Only time will tell where that investment of data currency takes us. Buckle up, if will be an interesting ride, if nothing else.</p>

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