09 AugWhy the marketplace of ideas failed onlineLetting everyone talk to everyone does not lead to more rational discussion
11 DecBoth the Democrats and Silicon Valley shifted their political viewsAn alternative theory of to the Tech sector's rightward turn.
20 NovTrump's New Coalition: A Blueprint for Authoritarian PlutocracyHow a fusion of MAGA loyalists, disaffected workers, young men, and tech billionaires could reshape American democracy
07 JunWhat the DA should be telling the people of South AfricaThe speech that Steenhuizen should make
27 MayGPT7: When AI Becomes a State Affair?If the scaling hypothesis is correct, only states can afford super machine intelligence
15 FebMore annoying, and more of it - online advertising in the future (links 4)And the intellectual tide against an active state is turning, we are under-hyping AI
07 FebWe can't escape AI, but we can shape its future (links 3)And Industrial Strategy is so hot right now; The Tiktok of text
31 JanThe wider implications of the case against Google (links 2)And the importance of state funded research; cross-disciplinary thinking; it's us that's to blame, not the algorithms; Privacy is complicated.
05 MayApple upsets the app advertising cartApple, in the name of privacy, makes a grand move against ‘tracking’. But what will it actually mean? (Part 1)
13 FebNo "free" markets in networksTo have competition requires regulation, and the result is not always "efficient".
30 JanWhat if here-comes-everybody is the problem?Democratisation of the means to publish was held out as an unalloyed good, but reality is proving otherwise.
12 JanThe arbitrary overlordsLong overdue, but we should all be concerned about Trump's ousting at the power social media platforms wield.
10 AprSociety actually exists, says Boris JohnsonHow the British PM and leader of the Conservative Party rediscovered society.