Is it Time to Separate Science From Technology?
While science and technology are usually paired in modern discourse, the false relationship hides ulterior motives.
Technology is Not the Solution (Principles of Technoskepticism, Part Two)
Far from containing and being a solution to moral problems, technology blinds us to the moral source and moral essence of those problems.
Podcast #8: Tim Wu On Attention and Communications Networks
Tim Wu is a renowned scholar on our communications networks, having coined the phrase “net neutrality” and written extensively on the subject both inside and outside of government and academia, including the White House and Columbia University. His latest book, The Attention Merchants, is a history of advertising, and it’s not pretty. He spoke with us about our declining private spheres, the current state of the Internet, and the effects of what he calls The Cycle, as new communications technologies inevitably move from open to closed.