Caught in the web

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

Gilded Silly

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

Meta

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

Just Before Dawn

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

Philips

Modern e-commerce is pathological; an example.

Killing God, again

What happens to religion in a Utopia?

Reclaiming rye

Is sourdough goyish? A personal essay.

A nice pairing

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.

Under review

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

Solarpunk reading list

My favorites so far. Extremely incomplete!