Talking Trash: Recycling Inches Up, But Problems Remain

With the changes in consumed materials, recycling is running into problems; meanwhile, plastic and overall waste climb.

By Geoffrey Dutton | March 20, 2019 | Economics, Environment, Government | Automation, Bioplastics, Black Plastic, BPA, Bubble Wrap, Clamshell Packaging, Compost, Corrugated Cardboard, EPA, Foil, Garbage, Glass, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Grocery Bags, Metal, Newspapers, Newsprint, NOAA, Packaging, PET, Plastic, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Produce Bags, Recycling, Recycling Rates, Resin, Straws, Styrofoam, Trash, Waste, Water Bottles

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Podcast #28: Jonathan Taplin on Internet Aggregators

Jonathan Taplin, former music and film professional, tells first-hand what the new rentier economy of Internet aggregators like Google and Facebook has done to the creative arts, journalism, and democracy.

By Mo Lotman | March 13, 2019 | Advertising, Culture, Economics, Journalism, Law, Media, Podcasts, Politics, Society | Addiction, Advertising, Amazon, Annenberg Innovation Lab, Antitrust, Art, Automation, Bing, Bodycams, Cambridge Analytica, Campaign Finance, China, Civil War, Consumers, Copyright, Creative Fields, Decentralization, Democracy, Digitization, Dystopia, Eric Garcetti, Europe, Fake News, Federal Government, GDPR, Google Facebook, Head Tax, Infrastructure, Internet, Jeff Bezos, John Seely Brown, Journalism, LA Times, Larry Page, Law, Levon Helm, Local News, Localism, Mark Zuckerberg, Martin Luther King, Middle Class, Musicians, New York Times, Newspapers, Parking Apps, Peter Thiel, Photography, Privacy, Producers, Recommendations, Record Business, Robert Bork, Roger McNamee, Royalties, Safe Harbor, Search Engine, Social Credit, Social Networking, State Politics, surveillance, The Band, The Last Waltz, The Weight, Throat Cancer, Tim Berners-Lee, Tristan Harris, Vint Cerf, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Watchdog Role, Winner-Take-All, Yelp, YouTube

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Q&A with David Sax, Author of The Revenge of Analog

Our own Art Keller chats with author David Sax about the themes in his book The Revenge of Analog.

By Art Keller | July 25, 2018 | Culture, Journalism, Media, Psychology, Publishing, Society, Well-Being | Advertising, Analog, Board Games, Books, Cameras, CDs, Choice, David Sax, Digital Technology, eBooks, Education, Embodiment, Film, Food Service, Gaming Culture, iPads, Magazines, Newspapers, Physicality, Presence, Print Media, Records, Smartphones, Social Disconnection, Tangible, The Paradox of Choice, Third Space, vinyl, Virtual Reality

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Podcast #12: Bill Powers on Tech Boundaries and Social Media

Journalist and media critic Bill Powers wrote a bestselling book about stepping away from tech; now he’s on the inside trying to make tech better.

By Mo Lotman | June 14, 2017 | Cognition, Health, Journalism, Media, Philosophy, Podcasts, Psychology, Society, Well-Being | Attention, Boundaries, Busyness, Connectedness, Digital Maximalism, Elections, Hamlet's Blackberry, Internet Sabbath, iPhone, Lab for Social Machines, Media Lab, MIT, Newspapers, Policy, Screen Sabbath, smart phones, Tech Sabbath, The Electome, The Internet, The Washington Post, Tim Berners-Lee, Twitter

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As Ad Blockers Rise, Online Journalism Falls

If you use ad-blocking software, those bits of code that prevent advertisements from appearing on your browser as you surf [...]

By James Hendicott | October 12, 2015 | Journalism, Media | Ad Blockers, Advertising, Apple, Ars Technica, Journalism, Newspapers, Patreon

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The Retroskeptic: Back to Back to the Future

As perhaps you have heard, 2015 is a notable year for pop-culture enthusiasts: we have finally arrived at the future [...]

By Mo Lotman | August 24, 2015 | Culture, Media, Prediction | Back to the Future, Chicago Cubs, Doc Brown, Fax Machines, Flying Cars, Fusion, Holographs, Hover-Boards, Marty McFly, Miami Marlins, Newspapers, The Internet

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