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  • 04/09/2024

    Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism

    In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs.

  • 08/22/2023

    The Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality

    In an excerpt from his new book, The End of Reality, the author warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.

  • 12/26/2018

    Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls

    Are you saying this loss of individual control is feeding the breakdown of democracy?

    Well, two things are happening at the same time. First of all, we’ve gained the ability to hack human beings. If you believe in free will, you will say this is impossible. Nobody can know me better than I know myself. Nobody can predict my choices or manipulate my desires, because they are a reflection of my free will, of my free spirit. But then you become the easiest person to hack and to manipulate.

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  • Democracy • Technology

    Meta’s Abandonment of Fact-Checking Empowers a President Who Traffics in Lies

    Barbara McQuade

    THE CONTRARIAN

    Certainly, people can debate policy issues and the virtues of candidates, but fact-checking is another matter. There is such a thing as truth.

    Published On: 01/16/2025

  • Global • Technology

    New report on Russian media in exile: RSF calls for increased support amid unprecedented digital repression

    Reporters Without Borders

    rsf.org

    Independent Russian media in exile are a vital line of defence against the Kremlin’s massive digital censorship project, which has an estimated budget of nearly 630 million euros, according to the latest report by The Fix and the JX Fund. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges European states, international donors, and tech giants to step up their support for these media outlets as they face unprecedented repression and major logistical, financial, and security challenges.

    Published On: 11/20/2024

  • Journalism • Technology

    Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right

    Sheera Frenkel

    New York Times

    Hundreds of thousands of posts lauding Mr. Trump’s victory filled Truth Social, the social platform that the president-elect owns. Speculation about what the new administration would accomplish ran rampant on X, which is owned by Elon Musk. Gab, Parler and other right-wing social media sites were flooded with thousands of memes glorifying Mr. Trump.

    Published On: 11/17/2024