Democracy needs a healthy internet. We don’t have one.
Here’s a story about how democracy, our very way of organizing our society and our lives, is under existential threat — because our public information sphere, our media environment,…
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The link not clicked
Have you ever not clicked a link because you didn’t want to send a signal to an algorithm or the entity behind it? To avoid being targeted with…
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…
AI’s real Alignment Issue
AI has an alignment issue, but it’s not what you think. Alignment is famously tricky with AI, and one of the things most talked about among AI critics…
4 Steps Towards a Better Internet
I believe the internet today is pretty much broken — by behavioral tracking, by market concentration, by walled gardens. And while I caution against quick technological fixes as attempts…
Some thoughts on News & Democracy
The Reuters Institute published their 2024 Digital News Report. It’s a great resource. Today I want to use it as an occasion to talk about some structural considerations.…
3 years of working with Stiftung Mercator — some personal highlights
For the last 3 years, I worked with Stiftung Mercator‘s Digital Society program as an advisor. My mandate there is coming to a natural end point — I was…