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Talking Identity: A Conversation Between Our Editors

"Identity" is interpreted so differently depending on where you come from, who you are, what your background is, where you are...
Anjali Ramachandran
May 1, 2018 10 min read

The Future of International Scientific Collaboration

Countries cooperating to steer the direction of a world-changing technology is important–but they should include those which have not historically had...
Duncan Geere
Apr 26, 2018 2 min read

Archiving the Infinite Stream

There is a sort of negligent impermanence to so much of what we put online. Quick hits, falling off the feed...
Elizabeth Minkel
Apr 19, 2018 2 min read

Disappearing Languages and Tooltips

Obfuscating a feature is obviously not a great solution, and it's arguably a total betrayal of the principles I laid out...
Duncan Geere
Apr 12, 2018 2 min read

Can Language Save Communities Under Threat From a Globalized World?

The map of the world has never remained static. Right now, there are secessionist movements from Scotland to Kurdistan, each with...
Anjali Ramachandran
Apr 10, 2018 8 min read

Please YouTubers, Don’t Make Us Pay To Interview You

Why should someone whose days are spent talking to a camera for money not talk to a journalist for money as...
Ian Steadman
Apr 5, 2018 2 min read
A scene from the movie "Day After Tomorrow" with people fleeing a tidal wave that has entered Manhattan and is flooding the streets.

The Day After the Day After Tomorrow

Climate change is not a movie villain, and it's not something that's going to show up in a distant, hazy future...
Elizabeth Minkel
Mar 29, 2018 3 min read

Refugees Are Asked to “Integrate”–But Do Those Asking Know What That Means?

Refugees are asked to leave behind old cultural and social behaviors. At the same time, longtime residents of these countries may...
Anjali Ramachandran
Mar 27, 2018 9 min read
A still from a James Bond movie showing the evil villain Blofeld stroking his cat, but the image is edited so that Blofeld is wearing a ring with the Facebook logo.

The Real Villains of the Tech Industry

The "Who, us? We're just a tech company/public square/conduit for your conversations" line of deflection is echoed up and down the...
Elizabeth Minkel
Mar 22, 2018 3 min read

Solving the Global Address Problem

Four billion people around the globe who don't have a way to refer to their home–but Google's Plus Codes are a...
Duncan Geere
Mar 15, 2018 2 min read
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