Bjork, Aaron2019-06-192019-06-192019https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2465726 pagesIn the first century, Romans gathered in open-air marketplaces known now by the word bazaar, a variant of the Persian word bazar. As hubs for converging trade routes, these marketplaces served not only as sites for commerce, but mixing pots for cultural diffusion, social interaction, and ideological discourse. It was also a convenient place for the Roman government to collect taxes and keep a watchful eye on trade. With the ubiquitous American shopping mall in mind, this model of exchange has not changed very much through the millennia. Computing has allowed each interaction, whether it be surveillance or trade, to be more convenient. The ancient bazaars functioned similarly to what is now considered a platform, or an entity that moderates the relationship of two or more actors. Digital platforms have become omnipresent, and their implicit power structures have become problematic. I will use this document to observe some problems that have come to my attention with the entanglement of a global society and its device.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USTerminal Project