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Medium Archive (2015-2018)

A collection of 35 issues

Wanted: Late Capitalist Tech Worker

We are seeking a highly motivated and extremely intelligent individual to dig into the minutiae of a tiny, mostly boring problem that we have identified as vital to our business because, at our unfathomable scale, even a minuscule improvement will lead to millions of dollars in extra profit for our

The National Consensus News Index (NCNI)

An experiment in creating a diverse, authoritative, auto-generating news source for the post-truth era.

No, Facebook does not just “show people what they want”

And “we’re just following the data” is a bad argument, anyway

A Prototype for Stemming the Flood of Misinformation during Breaking News Event

Warning: Some Collaboration Required

Why I’ll be treating 2018 like a presidential election

And how you can do the same right now

Why I’ll be treating 2018 like a presidential election

And how you can do the same right now

These are the assholes who just voted to kill millions of Americans

Hey Nathan,

Hey Nathan, Fwiw, I want to apologize for my part in that story. I loved your work and loved editing it when I had a chance to, and I’m horrified to learn you weren’t paid for it. As a staff writer, I had little insight into the arrangement

Use post flagging tools to teach basic media literacy to the masses

A modest fake news proposal for Facebook. We should consider whether platforms like Facebook have an obligation to train their users on how to effectively use their platform.

You’re not alone.

You’re not alone. I’m sitting up at 5am, jet-lagged after a long trip, reading the speculation that this may be preamble to a coup in near-paralyzing terror. What’s keeping me going right now is watching people across the country speak up and share their hopes and struggles,