For nearly a decade, Facebook has been shifting the company away from an ethos of connecting real people and toward a kind of permanent digital habitation, the contraction of life so as to fit inside algorithms. Continue Reading »
Regulation of social media companies is a good idea, but the wisest, most plausible, and also most effective option is not law, but stigma. Continue Reading »
Dating apps lead young people to settle for a quick fix, a temporary satiation of a deep, human desire to love and be loved, to know and be known. Continue Reading »
The old Mass has been done down by new technology. Continue Reading »
To understand the Internet you need both: Lockwood’s diptych of cloud and clarity, and Basu’s chaos mosaic. Continue Reading »
It is time for Trump to tick off another campaign promise and protect our nation’s children from pornography. Continue Reading »
In the world run by social credit, an individual’s score becomes the ultimate truth of his existence. Continue Reading »
A new bill addresses the nature of free speech in the Internet age. Continue Reading »
The more opinions are out there in the world, the less each one matters, including the best ones. Continue Reading »
Baffled conservatives should take the time to talk to real Trump supporters, not internet provocateurs. Continue Reading »
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