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Development in Progress

The concept of progress is at the heart of humanity’s story. | Jul 16, 2024

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Technology is Not Values Neutral: Ending the Reign of Nihilistic Design

We fail to take tech seriously when we do not grasp its full impact on humans | Jun 26, 2022 | 25 Min Read

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The Endgames of Bad Faith Communication

Bad faith communication has become normalized | Feb 23, 2022 | 10 Min Read

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How to Mislead with Facts

Verified facts can be used to support erroneous conclusions | Jan 30, 2022 | 8 Min Read

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How Big Tech is Reshaping Governance

| Dec 22, 2021 | 16 Min Read

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Social Media Enables Undue Influence

Some of our most popular technologies are becoming a means of mass coercion that open societies cannot survive | Dec 5, 2021 | 28 Min Read

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Attempts at engineering national consensus using propaganda are starting to backfire. Yet many still believe it is necessary for governance. Education is a better way. | Oct 17, 2021 | 23 Min Read

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WE DON’T MAKE PROPAGANDA! THEY DO!

Education, Propaganda, and How to Tell the Difference | Aug 23, 2021 | 22 Min Read

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The Case Against Naive Technocapitalist Optimism

Market forces are not inherently moral ones. | Aug 1, 2021 | 23 Min Read

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It’s a MAD Information War

Can humanity survive digitally enhanced psychological warfare? | Jul 25, 2021 | 25 Min Read

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Teetering Between Oppression and Chaos

Open Societies Must Evolve With the Information Revolution | Jul 18, 2021 | 17 Min Read

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Where Arguments Come From

Truth can be the victim when special interests determine who gets heard and who doesn’t. | Jun 25, 2021 | 17 Min Read

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Help Wanted: On the Nature of Educational Crises

Educational crises often occur during times of rapid social transformation—but there are better and worse ways of dealing with them. | Jun 6, 2021 | 21 Min Read