‘The Creepy Line’ Takes On Google And Facebook’s Power To Manipulate Elections
Where is the line between tech companies legitimately attempting to monetize their services through targeted advertising and outright predatory invasions of personal privacy?
Social Media Is Turning Into Just Another Boring Television Channel
Even very smart critics can reflexively talk as if social media is the ultimate in digital living. Yet today, news keeps rolling in that would make calmer people draw a much different conclusion.
Why Government Regulation Will Only Make Google And Facebook’s Bias Worse
The president is clearly on to something about Google rigging their searches against conservatives. But his solution will only make the problem worse.
What Your Kid’s Teacher Is Scared To Tell You About Smartphones
Although smartphones have largely mollified students’ destructive energy, they have also smothered their creative energy and shaved off their humanity.
Thumbtack Wants Become The Amazon For Home Services
The Federalist Radio Hour interviews Thumbtack Co-Founder Sander Daniels. He discusses the biggest issues facing tech companies and the future of the service economy.
China’s Futuristic Big Cities Make The United States’ Regulatory Mess Look Bad
Instead of its ancient wisdom, America seems intent on learning from China what first began to take hold in the late 1940s as a hopeful republic collapsed into Communism.
Can This Online Social Network Bring Neighbors Together Offline?
Most social media is known for spurring fights and dividing users further apart. The website Nextdoor says they are trying to do the opposite.
What Happens When The Technology To Fake News Footage Becomes Rampant
Deep fakes pose significant threats. But these threats shouldn’t have the final word on the future of deep fake technology.
Federalist Radio Hour: ‘Facebook, Where Truth Struggles To Live’
Ben Domenech talks to senior editor at the Atlantic, Derek Thompson, about the intersections of technology, social media, productivity and culture.
Podcast: Could Universal Basic Income End Poverty?
Annie Lowrey joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss poverty, the future of work, economics, and the idea of universal basic income.
Charlamagne Tha God Blames Excessive Screen Time For XXXTentacion Conspiracy Theories
‘We’re all slaves to this device. And we talk about living in a simulation, we’re living in a simulation because we’re all in this. None of us can understand the difference between reality and fantasy anymore.’
John Prine Evokes Nietzsche In New Album Lamenting Our Techno-Disaster
Prine questions if we even have the right to unmercifully manipulate our surroundings in the pursuit of perfect unhindered autonomy.
Why The STEAM Fad In Schools Isn’t About A Better Education
Identity-group ‘diversity’ is now ‘an explicit job qualification’ in scientific disciplines, altering the selection and training of future scientists.
The Incel Movement Isn’t Really About Demanding A Right To Sex
The core of the incel issue isn’t related to rights at all. Rather than the nature of a right to sex, what’s at stake is the nature of a duty to die.
What Happened When I Tried To Solve My Screen Addiction By Buying A Flip-Phone
Smartphones may make our lives easier, and some may have their usage under control, but mine was destroying my attention span and ability to focus.
Naomi Schaefer Riley On Screen Time, Social Media Mobs, And Ideological Diversity
Author and journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss parenting in the world of phone screens, and other ways technology has shaken up our world.
Zuckerberg Hearings Prove Government Shouldn’t Regulate Facebook
The state shouldn’t help Facebook entrench with cronyistic regulations. Rather, it should let Facebook fix itself or go the way of MySpace.
50 Years Ago, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Outlined An Enduring Cosmic Vision
A year before the moon landing, man’s greatest achievement of space exploration so far, Stanley Kubrick gave us the first and still most impressive vision of our cosmic destiny.
How Eradicating Bad Bots Can Quickly Mutate Into Cracking Down On Free Humans
If using fake interlocutors to ‘hack’ or ‘crash’ the democratic process feels alarming, consider how easy it will be for bots to unload high-quality political speech on the best and brightest.
In Panic Over Liberal Backlash, Mark Zuckerberg Goes To Washington
Mark Zuckerberg gave this interview because he’s in trouble. Liberals who used to love him are now terrified that Facebook is brainwashing people and helping Russians steal elections.
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