The Center of the Universe
December 28, 2018
Marcia Bartusiak— Walk into an open field on a clear, moonless night. Overhead, sparkling stars are sprinkled across the sky. All of them seem equidistant from you—and no one else—and you… READ MORE
Category: Technology
Political Tribalism: The Art of Divide and Rule
November 23, 2018
Michelle Baddeley— How did Donald Trump manage to become president? If we look to psychology for an explanation, we can understand Trump as the populist leader of a modern-day tribe… READ MORE
A History of Servers: From Lazy Suzan to Alexa
November 9, 2018
Markus Krajewski— When Amazon introduced the world to a black, cylindrical cartouche with built-in ears and a female voice that answers to the name of Alexa in 2015, more than… READ MORE
In Your Digital Dreams: Art in the Age of the Internet
July 2, 2018
Interview with Jeffrey De Blois By David Ebony One of my first internet projects was to write a monthly column for a website called Art Icons, beginning in the early… READ MORE
Censorship in the Age of Protest
June 14, 2018
Zeynep Tufekci— Censorship during the internet era does not operate under the same logic it did during the heyday of print or even broadcast television. When Mubarak cut off internet… READ MORE
Socialist Media
April 3, 2018
Terry Eagleton— Over half a century ago, in an excellent little book entitled Communications, Raymond Williams outlined a socialist plan for the arts and media which rejected state control of… READ MORE
Hunting Mobile Shoppers
February 7, 2018
Joseph Turow— “Bricks and mortar is dead; long live bricks and mortar!” This was the surprising theme that emerged from the sprawling 2014 Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition, reported Laura… READ MORE
Exploring the Great Pyramid with Cosmic Rays
November 18, 2017
James Owen Weatherall— The Great Pyramid of Giza is more than forty-five centuries old. It has been broken into, explored, and looted by countless civilizations, ancient and modern. But it… READ MORE
Ep. 36 – The Challenges of Being a Social Media Star
September 21, 2017
The road to social media stardom is difficult and rarely pays well. Brooke Erin Duffy shares stories of success and offers advice and a warning for those looking to make… READ MORE
Sorkin on the Racing Line
August 1, 2017
Clive James— Both The Sopranos and Band of Brothers were HBO cable productions, and their collective impact might tend to persuade us that network television was left nowhere. But it’s a law… READ MORE
A New Audience for the World’s First Author