Tag: democracy

• Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

  August 9, 2020

  It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.Since then,… more ›

• Listen to Gaming and Livestreaming: Connecting While Distancing now.

  April 4, 2020

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• Michael Ignatieff on the Future of Democracy

  February 23, 2020

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• The Schedule and the Stream

  December 13, 2019

  Right now, we’re at a tipping point between two concepts that shape how we experience the world—the schedule and the stream. The first has lasted over a century, and the… more ›

• The Zombie Campaign

  October 29, 2019

  Vice President Joe Biden at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 18, 2019. Inevitably, he arrives late, by SUV or van. The former vice-president is thin and, yes, he’s… more ›

• Populism is growing because more people than you think want chaos

  September 29, 2019

  At the heart of populism is the divide between the establishment and the people. Two new studies suggest that divide is deeper than we think. They find a substantial number… more ›

• ‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers

  September 8, 2019

  CAIRO — Days after Sudanese soldiers massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum in June, an obscure digital marketing company in Cairo began deploying keyboard warriors to a second front: a covert… more ›

• The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”

  July 24, 2019

  The button that ruined the internet — and how to fix it. Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter’s retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet more ›

• Why These Hong Kong Protests Are Different

  June 18, 2019

  HONG KONG—Bonnie Leung and members of the Civil Human Rights Front have reason to feel triumphant. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/06/hong-kongs-protests-leader/591820/ more ›

• The Autonomous Economy

  June 9, 2019

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