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August 9, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Why the Conservative Response to the Google Memo Is Hypocritical
It turns out the left and the right both want to protect workers—but only for entirely different reasons.
July 7, 2017
Clio Chang
What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Wrong About UBI
Like other tech moguls dabbling in politics, the Facebook founder has shown little interest in actually shoring up the welfare state.
May 29, 2017
Magazine
Rachel Riederer
Libertarians Seek a Home on the High Seas
The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.
April 19, 2017
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
The Troubling Contradictions of Dronestagrams
Drone technology has birthed a new way of seeing ourselves and the world—and enabled us to surveil anyone or anything, without any legal process.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
KFC is having a very good year.
October 19, 2016
Magazine
Lauren Smiley
America’s Voting Machines Are a Disaster in the Making
Forget Russian hackers or Donald Trump's fear-mongering about voter fraud. This election could be compromised for another reason entirely.
October 17, 2016
Magazine
Tom Vanderbilt
The Perils of Peak Attention
Two new books assess the quality of our digital lives: How do we shake off the village when we carry the world in our pocket?
September 27, 2016
Navneet Alang
Life’s a Snap!
Snapchat's new camera-glasses, Spectacles, herald a new cultural form—for better and worse.
June 22, 2016
Magazine
Paul Ford
Reboot the World
The internet was supposed to be democratic and open to all. Then Facebook and the NSA got their hands on it. Is it too late to reclaim our digital future?
May 13, 2016
Navneet Alang
Life in the Age of Algorithms
As society becomes more wedded to technology, it's important to consider the formulas that govern our data.
May 12, 2016
Magazine
Moira Weigel
Flirting With Humanity
The search for an artificial intelligence smart enough to love.
February 22, 2016
Navneet Alang
What’s in a Movement’s Name?
Since coalition-building has moved online, the definition of activism has changed.
February 17, 2016
Magazine
Elspeth Reeve
The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens
That feeling when you hit a million followers, make more money than your mom, push a diet pill scheme, lose your blog, and turn 16.
January 15, 2016
Magazine
Navneet Alang
The Peach App Is Dead, But It Taught Us Something About Social Media
December 1, 2015
Boyce Upholt
The Man Who Will Save Math
Dan Meyer, the most famous math teacher in America, wants to radically change the way we learn math.
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Would you pay to have a tech company break up with your boyfriend via text?
October 18, 2014
Peter F. Hamilton
Can Science Fiction Writers Predict Technology’s Future?
September 23, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
Peter Thiel Is a Closet Humanist
September 6, 2014
Bryan Appleyard
The New Luddites: Why Former Digital Prophets Are Turning Against Tech
July 25, 2014
Josh Kovensky
The Most Absurd Job Titles in America
"Digital Prophet" isn't even the worst one.
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