Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most…

From 'Mad Men' to 'Math Men'. What does Big Data mean for the future of marketing?

Designing our Complex Future with Machines.

Find an ethics framework and practical strategies to help you make better decisions.

“Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.” — Claude Lévis-Strauss 1908–2009

In March of last year, Fusion published an article detailing the ways in which Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors, had become a home for racial profiling. In the "Crime and Safety" forum of many Nextdoor communities, users were reporting people as "suspicious" seemingly based primarily on the color of their skin.

Facebook has been hit with a €1.

Because thinking is hard.

Researchers watch publishers watching you, ignore privacy settings, run over mere HTTP

Nir’s Note: This guest post is by Francesca Gino, an associate professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the…

It's Your World. Sexual Violence Doesn't Belong in It.

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We have figured out the rules of creating sleek sophistication. We know, more or less, how to get it right. Now, we need a shift in perspective that allows us to move forward. We need a pole right through a horse's head. We need to enter the third stage of this cycle. It's time to stop figuring out how to do things the right way, and start getting it wrong.

Once in a while we feel the need to write about an uncomfortable feeling that's been niggling us. This post is one. It expresses a discomfort we have about so-called

Let me begin with a prescriptive statement: major social media companies ought to consult with trained social researchers to design interfaces, implement policies, and understand the implications o…

You can build it, but should you?

I don’t want to brag, but I’m really good at sleeping. I close my eyes and fall asleep in about 45 seconds. I wake up eight hours later, no interruptions. Once, I read a Reddit thread about how sl

The world’s most powerful information gatekeepers neglected their duties in Las Vegas. Again.

User research and a human centred design approach form the basis of ustwo’s thinking on autonomy and driverless cars.

His Yom Kippur message seems to be another reaction to Facebook’s role in the Russia scandal.

So, it's a good thing no one reads them!

Google has started letting people report adverts that know “too much” about them. The company delivers personalised display ads that are targeted at individual users, based on a number of factors.

About one in 13 Scots are placed on a police database aimed at protecting "vulnerable" people.

The need for a Humans 101 course, and what it might contain

The triumph of ‘digital Taylorism’ means that many jobs in the modern economy have been sapped of their humanity, write professors Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger

Political operatives used fake news, Big Data and Facebook to suppress the vote and rile up racists in 2016. It's going to be even uglier next time around.

Stripping out irritating ad formats and limiting the number of ads forced on visitors can actually increase ad revenue, some publishers say.

We asked teachers, professors, a psychiatrist and a technologist for their thoughts, and we heard a range of opinions on one of the most "weirdly divisive" issues in education.