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In the 1970s and 1980s, the philosopher of technology Langdon Winner dismantled the idea that technology is a “neutral” tool (Winner, 1978). Winner’s

Societal Sorting as a Systemic Risk of Recommenders

The honest assessment is that social media’s effects appear highly dependent on context, user characteristics, and platform design, creating both genu

Civic media and relational technology don’t offer a complete solution but a proof of concept: that civic information technologies can be designed for

Civic Media in the Second Gilded Age

The vast majority of my students in Newark were of color, immigrant and second-gen. I spent most of my class time demonstrating that intentionally bro

Civic media and relational technology don’t offer a complete solution but a proof of concept: that civic information technologies can be designed for

Civic Media in the Second Gilded Age

So why doesn’t the U.S. news media system do that? Facilitate, I mean? If journalism is to be relevant, now, shouldn’t it help us to better “live acro

The vast majority of my students in Newark were of color, immigrant and second-gen. I spent most of my class time demonstrating that intentionally bro

Much has already been written about parasocial relationships, and I am of the mind that they are a logical outcome of the death of God plus late capit

The honest assessment is that social media’s effects appear highly dependent on context, user characteristics, and platform design, creating both genu

It was only because I showed up and I paid attention," he said. "I looked for places to go. I looked for communities to join. I looked for ways to bec

What replaces it is not yet clear. My students do not appear to be nihilists (which is remarkable to me for reasons I will get into in another essay).

Vertically integrated products can move faster initially because they own the entire workflow and offer users the proverbial easy button to get starte

The primitive is the product — Amplify Partners

And once you get the primitive right, it becomes the building block that everyone else standardizes around.

That’s selfishness. People pay you when you help them. And if they actually know you give a sh*t about them, they’ll pay you a lot more and more frequ

The quest for perfection is paralyzing. I’ve watched engineers spend weeks debating the ideal architecture for something they’ve never built. The perf

The human eye is one of the most sophisticated optical instruments in existence. It automatically adjusts focus, adapts to light levels from pitch dar

Smart people spend all their time doing calculations and assessing risks because their intelligence forces their ego to believe they can tell the futu

Decentralized networks are harder to infiltrate and harder to destroy. This movement is not leaderless, but leaderful, and there are no few specific p

The protocol world has been trying to solve the problem of how to leave, and the next step is working on how we can stay together.

Danny O’Brien, a Senior Fellow at the Filecoin Foundation, has argued that decentralization itself should never be the “terminal value” we pursue—it’s

In a session, I showed the room six modes of collaboration. When we meet, we can meet to inform, to debate, to advocate, to negotiate, to partner, or

This library contains more than 2,000 exhibits, internal communications, research documents, and other materials cited in social media harm lawsuits a

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Can AI Mediation Help Bridge Political Divides?

Spoken disagreement is more constructive than written ... - Nature

If left unmanaged, conflicts naturally tend to escalate in both scale and scope. AI should help us stay towards the lower left of this graph. But tha

Can AI Mediation Help Bridge Political Divides?

Spoken disagreement is more constructive than written ... - Nature

For what it’s worth, in raising our own kids we created an effective, balanced, common-sense approach based not on rules but on three principles. Trea

Whenever someone tells me they're expecting their first baby and they're nervous, I tell them the following: 'Oh my goodness, that's wonderful. I am s

Many of the most meaningful things in life look inefficient when viewed through the wrong lens. But that doesn't make them wasteful. It makes them hum

“We would never rely [solely] on the AI-generated summaries,” said Seward. “Reporters are going back and listening to the real [podcasts] but using th

As intelligence becomes abundant, the most important question will be how we direct it. Some argue that superintelligence itself, or a small set of ex

As intelligence becomes abundant, the most important question will be how we direct it. Some argue that superintelligence itself, or a small set of ex

Once you recognize yourself as part of the river, now you realize you’re responsible for the river as a whole.”

2) Clear Roles & Decision Rights Without clear swim lanes and decision rights, individuals on teams feel disempowered and projects tend to stall out.

It’s our inability to let go of our agenda to get people to buy that turns people off and has marketing and sales feel gross. Sales pressure is predom

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