Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.
Jonas Staal | Jan 16
Selections from "Output," an anthology showcasing seven decades of English-language machine-generated texts, long predating ChatGPT.
Nick Montfort | Dec 16, 2024
Left unchecked, the technique, which weaponizes emotional data for political gain, could erode the foundations of a fair and informed society.
Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert | Jun 13, 2024
Meryl Alper, ethnographer and author of “Kids Across the Spectrums,” explores the role of media and technology in the everyday lives of children on the autism spectrum.
The Editors | Jan 9, 2024
The next time you catch yourself doomscrolling, take it as an invitation to own your own horror.
Erik Davis | Oct 1, 2023
A little-known story of Marjorie Van de Water, who, in her coverage of psychology and psychiatry, popularized a new journalistic beat among U.S. news reporters.
Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette | Aug 28, 2023
On whiling away time before we have to be ourselves online again.
Tung-Hui Hu | Dec 1, 2022
Blake Atwood, author of "Underground," chronicles how Iranians forged a vibrant, informal video distribution infrastructure when their government banned all home video technology in 1983.
The Editors | Nov 28, 2022
Media theorist Elizabeth Losh explains how politicians' digital strategies appeal to the same fantasies of digital connection, access, and participation peddled by Silicon Valley.
The Editors | Sep 6, 2022
A deep history of mass manipulation, from the 1920s through the mid-1970s.
Robert Gehl and Sean Lawson | Jun 29, 2022
