Three ways that modern internet technologies are tearing our young people apart

In this report, the author draws on interviews with journalists and critics, as well as a broad reading of published work, to assess the current state of technology coverage and criticism in the popular discourse, and to offer some thoughts on how to move the critical enterprise forward. Tow Fellow Sara Watson finds that what it means to cover technology is a moving target. Today, the technology beat focuses less on the technology itself and more on how technology intersects with and transforms everything readers care about—from politics to personal relationships. But as technology coverage...

In the past few years, we’ve been deluged with discussions of how artificial intelligence (AI) will either save or destroy the world…

I’m not on Facebook. In fact, I deactivated my Facebook account in 2008. Since then, I’ve enjoyed four, Facebook-free years. Has my life become less sociable as a result? No. Do I miss Facebook? No…

Twitter neglected to roll out the new 280 character limit for vision-impaired people who use a screen reader.

Former Facebook president Sean Parker hits the company for its effect on society: "God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains" pic.twitter.com/8GI0DykJGB— Axios (@axios) November 9, 2017

I temporarily closed my FB group last week because of this pattern: white women were getting free educations and 1:1 support in the comment threads, primarily from women of colour. This was exhausting, frustrating and hurtful to women of colour. As the leader of the group, it’s my responsibility to create a different environment and dynamic […]

There is a saying in computer science: garbage in, garbage out. When we feed machines data that reflects our prejudices, they mimic them. Does a horrifying future await people forced to live at the mercy of algorithms?

Designing our Complex Future with Machines.

The case against empathy.

AI holds the promise to solve problems beyond the scope of human imagination. But if an AI can create, who owns its work?

A growing number of CEOs agree: shareholder value theory is stupid

As a designer I’ve spent the last decade translating human needs and desires into experiences that fulfill them, and I’m convinced : the…

In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name, and you may or may not recognize them.

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

Data science seems to be computer people trying to do social sciences without learning the foundations of our scientific approaches.— Laura Linda Laugwitz (@lauralindal) November 6, 2017

What is the role of a designer?

Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history’s biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.

Challenge implicit biases by identifying your own, teaching colleagues about them, observing gap-closing teachers, stopping "tone policing," and tuning into such biases at your school.

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

‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’

Last year I was bestowed the title of Champions of the Earth from the United Nations Environment Programme, and in honor of the champions…

I was asked to give the keynote talk at “Science, Journalism, and Democracy: Grappling With A New Reality” at Rockefeller University on…

Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said intelligence is “the ability to hold two opposing ideas in your head at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” It’s so hard to do. But there are all kinds of examples of when it’s necessary in investing. Getting rich requires the willingness to take big risks. Staying rich requires the paranoia to avoid big risks. Trusting your gut means there are true things that you can’t articulate. Being skeptical of your biases means knowing that you confidently articulate things that aren’t true. Being contrarian requires taking a stance most people don’t agr...

Machine learning is vulnerable to trickery–and scientists are racing to understand why. “If we can do this, so can the bad guys,” says one researcher.

Researchers built a custom platform to root out trackers in mobile apps. They discovered 44 different varieties in 300 apps downloaded by billions of people.

You probably shouldn't be surprised.