Tag: technology

Will the GOP team up with Wal-Mart’s data specialist?

The Nation columnist and law professor on dissent, privatization, and the future of racial equity.

The co-founder of Digital Democracy on how activists can use technology to respond to problems—from natural disasters to violence against women.

How should the writer respond to social media?

The professor and critic turns to technology explosions past—think typewriters, gramophones, and radios—to map the modern intersections of information and art.

The info-sharing of early arcade game enthusiasts mimicked the scientific method. Now, video games and collective intelligence could change the way we approach science, shared problems, and school.

Political theorist Jodi Dean probes the contradictions and traps of nonstop information.

The ascension of science in so many facets of our everyday lives has not sparked a revitalization of belief in the power of reason.

Drone technology has long been touted as the future of warfare, but should we believe the hype?