I feel very lucky to have attended college before this sort of thing: > Platforms like Sway—already in use on at least 77 campuses and backed in part by U.S. i

I feel very lucky to have attended college before this sort of thing: > Platforms like Sway—already in use on at least 77 campuses and backed in part by U.S. intelligence community funding—and Dialogues typically work by prompting students to enter their views on contested topics such as abortion, immigration, and policing, then matching them with peers who hold opposing positions for structured online exchanges. What was once a casual conversation becomes part of a permanent record. Beliefs are transformed into data — recorded, scored, and retained. Discretion is limited, and opting out often comes with its own costs. Over time, institutions accumulate detailed records of what students say, how confidently they say it, and how others judge them for it. How on earth did we get here? This reads like dystopian sci-fi. The idea of matching up students with different views for discussion is not at all bad, but the tracking is nightmarish. Universities should not be tracking the political views of students, period. Edit: looking at Sway’s privacy policy, it sounds more private than the article implies. Dialogues seems to be less private than Sway. Have not verified beyond this.