Social media
How do you do justice to the truth in a headline-driven world?
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Eli Pariser explains why we can’t just think of civility as being polite to one another.
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Jonathan Rauch explains why the internet is so hostile to the truth, and what we can do to change that.
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It will take a crack team of scientists, programmers and philosophers to cure the online hate pandemic.
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GenTech aren’t happy about how their data is being collected and used.
Moral grandstanding is a vanity project that sabotages public discourse says moral philosopher Brandon Warmke.
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Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.
The lost practice of face-to-face communication has made the world a more extreme place.
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Just how much is social media use affecting children?
In 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” That’s more true today than ever.
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Study finds that readers are still the best judge of fake news and misinformation.
A new experiment aims to remove the psychological pressures of using Instagram.
Why an early Facebook investor is now Facebook’s biggest critic.
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IF your goal is to persuade people, that is.
Some are worried this represents an Orwellian move. At heart, it’s not.
The navigation tool has placed a school in the sea, among other things.
This is how data harvesting really works. You’re not going to like it.
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Companies refer to like-minded strangers when recommending products to you.
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Musican. Actor. Fashion Icon. Internet Visionary?
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Former NYTimes executive editor Jill Abramson dissects the big problem with internet news.
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Where is your data now? Follow the money.
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A new study shows how machine-learning methods could examine your friends’ past tweets to accurately predict your future behavior online.
A new report says there’s not as much evidence of physical harm as you might think.
How you feel influences what you watch, and vice-versa.
Swipe right to make the connections that could change your career.
This is the most talked about Big Think video of 2018! What’s your take?
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The social media company has long been expected to make a move into blockchain.
An exhaustive report from The New York Times shows the alarming extents to which Facebook has been sharing user data.