Podcast #34: Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities
Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.
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Despite marketing imagery to the contrary, the “cloud” remains very much grounded in physical infrastructure, including unfathomable miles of wires.
The Transformative Power of Print
College students given an assignment of reading a print book learn about their own habits and the power of concentration.
Podcast #33: Clare Garvie on Facial Recognition
Facial recognition expert Clare Garvie explains how police are using (and abusing) this dangerous technology.
Visual Survey: More Than 27% Occupied With Devices
Our new survey shows more than a quarter of people in public spaces occupied with digital devices; the full story is in our new print issue.
Podcast #32: Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids
Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a metastasizing marketing machine that has swept kids into its orbit of consumerism and surveillance.
Print Preview: Issue #3 | Summer 2019
Our third print issue is about to ship nationally.
Paper’s Revenge: Handwritten Letters Are Making a Comeback
Millenials are opening stationery stores, and pen pal clubs are on the rise.
Podcast #31: Roald Hazelhoff’s Environmental Citizenship
Southern Environmental Center founder Roald Hazelhoff gives us a tour of his unique educational and community-building work.
Undoing Dystopia: a Review of Douglas Rushkoff’s Team Human
A review of tech and social critic Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book, Team Human.