Some standardized packages to get you started
Over the years, a few recurring types of engagement — best practices, if you will — have emerged that I want to make more transparent and easier to access.…
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It’s time to re-frame Tech & Society as a field
Here’s a hypothesis I’ve been mulling over as I’ve been absorbing the news these last few weeks and months: It’s time to re-frame Tech & Society as a…
A healthy public infosphere is the missing building block in the fight for democracy right now
As we see democracy under pressure from populists and other malign hustlers around the globe, one essential issue has become painfully clear: We do not currently have a…
AI makes Line Go Up, but…
AI has a tendency to make the Line Go Up. It also has a tendency to make Money Go Up. But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s happy, and…
The State of Openness
A quick project update that has been somewhat overdue: Openness has been a core building block and underlying philosophy of the web since its earliest days. However, the…
How do we share and remember in the age of short-form algorithmic video sharing?
I’ve been thinking about how we share ideas, shape narratives, and what is remembered — and why. Now, just to be clear, there is a ton of media…
Moving up the stack & different generational outlooks
Here’s a mental model I carry around with me and pull out whenever I think about different approaches to thinking about tech: Different generations think differently about tech…
Quick thoughts on NotebookLM
If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage you to take a closer look at NotebookLM, a new(ish) Google tool to explore documents via a chat interface, based on…