Shock and awe
The same absurd Big Promise is driving AI and crypto to the same corrupt ends
Topic
algorithms
A collection of 11 issues
The Big Promise, revisited
A year+ into the AI boom, what has the tech industry learned about manipulating society with the promise of existential advances?
Meta
What would the world be like if Zuck had paid attention to his Facebook comments and read David Graeber?
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.
A corrective to the disinfo corrective
Maybe the people who are trying to understand why conspiracies take root online are themselves part of a giant conspiracy to prop up the online advertising economy. Personally, I think the truth might be weirder and a bit less nihilistic.
Oops
We need to come to terms with the fact that the information age is basically a giant uncontrolled experiment.
If the internet is a 'Great Online Game,' capitalism is the religion it pays tribute to
I think I finally understand crypto (and a few other things), and it's not...great.
Rugged individualism vs. privacy
America's cult of individualism is being put to the test in the fight for digital rights.
Influencer marketing, fascism, and the hypernormalization of culture
Everything is fine.
The Diamond Age arrives?
We need to talk about the low end of GPT-3, too.