The Social Web And The Digital Panopticon
10:00 am PDT • October 18, 2015
Foucault’s idea of the “Panopticon” in Discipline and Punish has become depressingly easy to explain because the Internet has made it depressingly literal.
Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Liability Shield
12:31 pm PDT • September 29, 2015
Social media companies, however much their marketing departments may instruct them to talk a big game about being anti-abuse, have an active financial disincentive to actually be anti-abuse.
The Internet And Its Discontents
12:00 pm PDT • September 19, 2015
The free market of ideas has been unleashed in all its fury, just as we’ve unleashed the free market in everything else — leaving ordinary, unlucky people to bear the…
The Inaccuracy Of “Historical Accuracy” In Gaming And Media
8:00 am PDT • September 15, 2015
As a dabbler in history who holds a bachelor’s degree on the subject I’ve always strongly disagreed with people who use “historical accuracy” as an excuse to oppose diversity, but…
Opening Pandora’s Dox: The Unintended Consequences of an Internet That Never Forgets
9:00 am PDT • August 29, 2015
There’s some leaks that can’t ever be taken back or patched over or fixed–and they’re generally things that, as things stand, aren’t even illegal.
Darwinism At Your Doorstep: Why You Only Care About Amazon Now
2:10 pm PDT • August 19, 2015
Why do we care suddenly about working conditions when it turns out that white-collar employees are the ones getting shafted? The workers at Amazon fulfillment centers have much less choice…
