Robots in Our Midst: A Conversation with Jerry Kaplan
July 29, 2015
Jerry Kaplan, author of Humans Need Not Apply, says the robots are coming, but whether they will be working on behalf of society or a small cadre of the super-rich… READ MORE
Category: Technology
Ten Steps to Help a Loved One Who Has Hearing Loss
July 22, 2015
John M. Burkey— “How can I help?” is a common refrain from family and friends of a person with hearing loss. Spouses want to alleviate their partner’s struggles and frustration…. READ MORE
Bitcoin as Platform
July 2, 2015
Edward Castronova— Three years ago, the digerati were abuzz about the idea of a “real” virtual currency. That turned out not to be the killer app. We still face the… READ MORE
Technology and Wages: A Conversation with James Bessen
May 13, 2015
James Bessen is an economist and lecturer at Boston University Law School. He is the author of Learning by Doing: The Real Connection between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth. In a recent conversation,… READ MORE
Lessons Not Learned: Covert Operations since the Cold War
April 15, 2015
Karen M. Paget— While writing Patriotic Betrayal, which chronicles a major Cold War covert operation with the U.S. National Student Association, I began a file in which I collected evidence… READ MORE
The Social Media Myth
February 12, 2015
Philip N. Howard— Since the great tragedy of Charlie Hebdo, politicians and pundits around the world have succumbed to the notion that social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, are… READ MORE
Why the Internet Should Be a Public Resource
January 15, 2015
Philip N. Howard— The excitement of this year’s CES—the enormous technology show and tell event that just ended in Las Vegas—was about the “internet of things.” Stoves and baby bottles… READ MORE
Should You Invest in Bitcoin? Here’s a Flowchart to Help You Decide.
July 16, 2014
Bitcoin is on the rise. The completely digital currency has been covered by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, among others. Bitcoins have the power to buy… READ MORE
How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Internet?
March 1, 2014
Every day hundreds of thousands of websites are created and the number of unique Internet users is up in the billions. Our collective addiction to Facebook and Google is such… READ MORE
Reverend Bayes and the Internet
February 27, 2014
What does an 18th-century English minister have in common with such modern innovations as e-mail spam filters, Google searches, and even Clippy, the iconic (and sometimes reviled) paperclip-shaped Microsoft Office… READ MORE
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