It has become normal to talk about political “tribes” these days, instead of mere parties or policies. The implication is a deeper feeling of affiliation, one that approaches family and is very hard to break. Your entire identity is wrapped up in the t…
Earlier this month, Parler went back online, after several weeks of being offline. Its return has me thinking more and more about the ideal platform for divisive content and hate speech.
Computer viruses and malware have been around for many years. Malware creators of the late-’80s and the ‘90s were tech-savvy people trying to prove their skills, have a little fun, and test their limits.
Computer viruses and malware have been around for many years. Malware creators of the late-’80s and the ‘90s were tech-savvy people trying to prove their skills, have a little fun, and test their limits.
As someone who has survived two very different dictatorships, hearing Americans and Europeans debate free speech always feels a little quaint. They argue about subtleties of law and meaning that are irrelevant to the half of the world’s population stil…
It’s one of the biggest clichés of today: data is the new oil. But then, clichés are clichés because they are true.
It’s one of the biggest clichés of today: data is the new oil. But then, clichés are clichés because they are true.
Plato once sagely observed, “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
That advice resonates today, even as we deepen our reliance on number crunching — in the form of the u…
How did we get to this level of disinformation? How did we, the citizens of the United States of America, become so intensely divided?
When The Economist asked me to contribute an article on how technology can help save democracy, I jumped at the chance. Tech and politics have been my twin passions for most of my life, although I was rarely able to indulge them since they were relegat…