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Given at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

We made the mistake of minimizing and caricaturing the rise of authoritarianism. This far-right populism took advantage of the distrust in democracies generated by the Great Recession to infiltrate the very core of society. If we want a democratic recovery to succeed, we cannot continue to uncritically defend a system that not only led to the 2008 crisis but also failed to pursue a just way out of it

I’ve worked with developers for years. Lots of them. Brilliant ones. The kind of folks who can stare at a screen for six hours, emerge blinking into daylight, and casually say something like, “Yeah, I just refactored the entire data layer,” as if they’d popped out to buy milk. And here’s the thing. Only a […]

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

Part 1: Playing the invisible game

How much faster is speaking, compared to typing on laptop vs phone vs writing?

Seizure Self-Diagnosis: An Audio Engineer's Guide.

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I have a secret technique that will cause any group of engaged smart people to start squabbling. I haven’t seen it fail to work yet, with the caveat that I’ve gotten bored with seeing the same patterns of squabbling recur, so I haven’t deployed it much recently.

A sweeping claim about what's upstream of every crisis we're facing

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influential 1945 essay anticipating information society

A residency for 50+ people to grow into great writers. For the month of April, they'll publish a blogpost every day. Or pack their bags.

I didn’t really want to do a quick breezy review of something that has touched me at a deep emotional level. Yes, I am talking about the new MacBook Neo. I can’t remember when I used the words “cut…

The Pro-Human Declaration has been signed by the American Federation of Teachers, the Congress of Christian Leaders, the Progressive Democrats of America, and Steve Bannon.

Posts I publish here are mine. I'm holding myself accountable for them, and you too should hold me to that, even if AI was involved in the process.

Community Wisdom 178

A new type of company designed for creative people. Artists keep majority control, IP is protected by law, and the artistic mission comes first.

The “old” Internet isn’t gone, our expectations have changed.

These five toxic behaviors make smart founders feel productive while secretly killing their startups. Learn the hidden time traps and simple fixes successful entrepreneurs use.

A response to ‘But ChatGPT said…’

An experiment in language change

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In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide, says digital media academic Robert Topinka

The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

Mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons – or just make them feel isolated and ashamed?