Jack Sun

It was considered part and parcel of the Internet, and more threatening situations were just anomalies to be aware of in an environment that generally accepted and encouraged this type of behavior. In early texts about the Internet, people would speak of their digital alter egos openly, “Online, I’m a 6’4” German man, and in real life, I’m….”Often ... See more

I can talk about pizza for hours. But the point I'm making is that pizza lends itself to online delivery. Hence, when demand shifts online, pizza's relative share of the market increases. The medium determines the content. The channel doesn't just change how people order, it changes what they order.

"While the Chinese web is often understood as purely preventing expression through censorship, this discursive space that stickers have carved out under WeChat’s shadow recalls Michel Foucault’s conception of power as productive: Repression doesn’t just stop expression but causes it to morph into new forms. At the same time, these new forms provide... See more

Airbnb's latest product upgrade shows what this means in practice. In what it calls "the biggest change in a decade," the home-sharing company launched a new way to book space. Instead of starting your journey by selecting a location, Airbnb now lets you pick a "category." The category represents the type of experience you're looking for — based on... See more