Ethical Tech

New Media Must Stop Asking Permission to Be Heard

A few wealthy people have a stranglehold on media…

The Unbearable Monopolization of Being

Every aspect of our lives has slowly being taken over by corporations. Can we fight back?

Personality Tests and the Downfall of Democracy

In 2001, I found a way to make personality tests go viral. In 2016, they were used to swing an election.

On the internet, 2018 is the year the pendulum swings back

In the face of unprecedented threats to…

Here’s why net neutrality is a freedom of speech issue

Even if you don’t care about supporting…

Tear down the new institutions

They’re just like the old ones.

We used to talk about…

Why open source software isn’t as ethical as you think it is

(And why it is)

The return of the weblog

How the thinkpiece model for blogging might not always be the right one

Searching for a technical cofounder

When engineers aren’t searching for you