Ways to think about alternative social media
We know the many ways social media platforms are failing us. But/and I think it would be tremendously helpful to expand our vocabulary and thinking about these things…
We know the many ways social media platforms are failing us. But/and I think it would be tremendously helpful to expand our vocabulary and thinking about these things…
As a little experiment, I’ve set up a custom AI agent / GPT chatbot for this website, appropriately named The Waving Cat Explorer. The idea is that it…
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) recently released this report (“Seismic Shifts“, PDF) about the state of counter election disinformation initiatives in the US, and the trust…
Tech policy and regulation is notoriously tricky. This is an area that has many complex technological aspects to contend with, that is inherently international (not always totally, but…
Tom Critchlow pulled together some approaches for how to think about funding independent research labs. In his post he gathers inputs from a range of smart people, many…
I’m working on an independent project with the goal to empower public & third sector decision-makers to make better informed decisions about the societal role and impact of…
The role and importance of fellowships is going to grow vastly over the next few years. Why? More and more highly relevant research, especially around societal issues that…