The birthday present I'm asking for: dig deep into your energy reserves and make some noise for democracy this week and next.

Will replacing the attention economy with a speculation economy really more fairly distribute power?

It's weird to write a piece about innovation stagnation and not really mention wealth inequality.

What would the world be like if Zuck had paid attention to his Facebook comments and read David Graeber?

Is not having to think about how your sewage gets disposed of worth submitting to the rule of the state?

Modern e-commerce is pathological; an example.

What happens to religion in a Utopia?

Is sourdough goyish? A personal essay.

The dark, moody undertones of Chris Hayes' piece on internet fame go nicely with the bright, yet restrained optimism of Stasavage and Schneider's application of early democracies to the internet.

Nothing to see here, just Nature totally slipping into the business of curating preprints.