big tech Nevada bill would allow Big Tech to make their own Factory Towns and local governments Thom Dunn
AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn
facebook Google, Facebook and Microsoft were the top sponsors of a conference that featured climate change denial kooks Cory Doctorow
politics French Polynesia says it didn't renew its deal with the Seasteaders, a group of libertarian separatists Cory Doctorow
censorship Peter Thiel, "libertarian," wants to buy Gawker's archive, which would give him the power to censor stories he didn't like Cory Doctorow
movies Ayn Rand supercharged the anti-Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood, in which the FBI classified "It's a Wonderful Life" as secret Communist propaganda Cory Doctorow
economics The Hobbit economy not bucolic utopia but tenant farming and ostentatious displays of clan wealth Rob Beschizza
politics Facebook is a 'parallel universe' of lies and minisformation crafted to deliver the election to Trump Rob Beschizza
Business Silicon Valley's techie uprisings reveal growing support for socialism in tech Cory Doctorow