narrative Cautionary Tales: a new podcast that tells the intriguing stories of historical "mishaps, fiascos and disasters" Cory Doctorow
political economy Short-termism led the Democratic Party to let unions die, and now they've lost their base Cory Doctorow
data science Comprehensive, open tutorial on using data analysis in social science research Cory Doctorow
context collapse Social scientists have warned Zuck all along that the Facebook theory of interaction would make people angry and miserable Cory Doctorow
empirical facewash Anyone who claims that machine learning will save money in high-stakes government decision-making is lying Cory Doctorow
daddy figures Study finds that people vote for strongman "dominance" leaders when they they feel out of control of their lives Cory Doctorow
reproducibility Psychology's reproducibility crisis: why statisticians are publicly calling out social scientists Cory Doctorow
slave to fashion Bellwether: Connie Willis's classic, hilarious novel about the science of trendiness Cory Doctorow
collective action Robert Charles Wilson's The Affinities: when science changes everything Cory Doctorow
