A World Without Wizards: On Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
If we want to confront these unreasonable times, we must stay clear-eyed about the state of the world and stop imagining omnicompetent villains behind the scenes.
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Omnicompetent
Stop imagining omnicompetent villains at Cambridge Analytica; MoveOn's new look; and more.
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Move Slowly and Break Things
Conduent's war at the expense of food stamp recipients; what Google knows about us; and more.
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Flares and Messenger Pigeons
Why Facebook is not a utility; electric scooters taking over the streets; and more.
A Lever and A Place to Stand
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Will the Real Psychometric Targeters Please Stand Up?
A skeptic’s take on Trump’s purported big data juggernaut, Cambridge Analytica
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vTaiwan: Public Participation Methods on the Cyberpunk Frontier of Democracy
In the midst of the signal failure known as the US electoral season, here’s something to be inspired about: a true story about rational deliberation on a national scale.
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Testing Tech for Consensus in a Purple Town
How a radical experiment in participatory democracy came to Bowling Green, Kentucky.