Gamers Nexus released a video exposing LG TV surveillance practices, but the issue extends across the entire TV industry. All major TV manufacturers track viewing habits through automatic content recognition systems and sell this data to partners, often burying consent in confusing agreements with dark patterns that obscure users' lack of choice.
Grant Sanderson argues that mathematics should elevate "motivated explanations"—work that clarifies intuitions and explains why theorems matter—alongside proof generation as a measure of mathematical contribution. He contends this shift would better reflect what mathematicians truly do and help outsiders understand their value beyond proof-generating machines.