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The Technological Condition

How do our tools transform us?

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Robotics •
Internet •
Science Fiction •
Manual Competence •
Social Media •
Data Science •
Biotechnology •
History of Technology •
All
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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Naomi Schaefer Riley

Preserving Real-Life Childhood

A society that doesn’t tear itself apart online must raise kids who know life offline

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Naomi Schaefer Riley

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Ashley May

Do You Know Who Your ‘Friends’ Are?

Making digital conversations humane will require defining our online relationships

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Ashley May

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Andy Smarick

The Emergent Order of Twitter

Why the platform should be fixed from the bottom up, not the top down

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Andy Smarick

Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Caitrin Keiper

Making Friends of Trolls

On finding familiar faces behind the black mirror

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Caitrin Keiper

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • L. M. Sacasas

The Inescapable Town Square

Social media is a throwback, combining the worst of prior eras of communication

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

L. M. Sacasas

Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Shoshana Weissmann

How Not to Regulate Social Media

Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Shoshana Weissmann

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Nolen Gertz

The Four Facebooks

Misinformation, manipulation, dependency, distraction

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Nolen Gertz

Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Micah Meadowcroft

The Distance Between Us

Why we act badly when we don’t speak face-to-face

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Micah Meadowcroft

Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • James Poulos

Imagine All the People

How the fantasies of the TV era created the disaster of social media

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

James Poulos

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • P. W. Singer
  • Emerson T. Brooking

Jihadi Digital Natives

How ISIS liked, shared, and posted its way to power

P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking

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