SXSW 2015: The End of Techno-Joy
Art by: Sue Zola I used to be pretty excited about technology. I’ve worked in social media since before the term existed; I co-created an app, I wrote pretty rah-rah-tech essays that people liked,...
View ArticleUX Cruelty
Don’t blame it on the algorithm — assuming you’re designing experiences for “happy, upbeat, good-life users” might make you a terrible person. My friend is going through a divorce. Like nearly 5...
View ArticleEngineers in the Mist
5 Days & Nights With Startup Millennials in San Francisco. THURSDAY MORNING: San Francisco’s Hottest Zip Code . “Our power was out this morning,” The text message from S, the 27-year-old CTO...
View ArticleAn App For Love
By maximizing efficiency, technology has transformed dating into a routine for the acquisition of sex. Love has been, literally, written out of the code for a generation afraid to catch feelings. . . ....
View ArticleThe Human Resistance
Technology has gotten so good at degrading people, even its creators are starting to have enough. Last year I had what you could call an existential crisis. This psychological hangover was induced by...
View ArticleThe Future of the Sun
The story of the biggest transformation of our time has a marketing problem: no one knows it’s happening. There were many important events that happened in 2016. Some were deafening, trumpeting the...
View ArticleThe Algorithm Defense Frontier
Algorithms are the perfect tool for delivering individualized exploitation to billions. They may yet have potential for mobilizing collective power at scale. Buy Me a Sandwich Out in California, my...
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