Shoshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy
The Harvard Business School professor discusses what she believes is a new mode of capitalism being ushered in by Silicon Valley.
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Ex-Facebook Manager Mark Luckie on Silicon Valley’s ‘Black People Problem’
The former Facebook and Twitter employee discusses his blockbuster memo and what Silicon Valley should do to solve its problems with inclusion.
New York City’s Development Czar Alicia Glen Talks Amazon HQ and Affordable Housing
New York City deputy mayor Alicia Glen discusses the Amazon HQ deal and why New York is an affordable-housing leader of the “goddamn world.”
Margrethe Vestager Talks Investigating Amazon, Fining Apple, Facebook Lying, and What She’s Learned
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, talks about fighting back against tech’s largest and most powerful companies.
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Why Silicon Valley Finds It Hard to Say No to Saudi Arabian Dollars
There’s too much at stake for the tech industry to forswear the Kingdom’s money piles altogether.
Eric Holder talks Rod Rosenstein, His Work with Uber and Airbnb, and His Record Prosecuting Bankers
A conversation with the former attorney general about the Russia investigation, his work with Airbnb and Uber, and his plans for 2020
Steve Bannon on How 2008 Planted the Seed for the Trump Presidency
“That lit a match, and the explosion was Trump.”
Yves Smith on Why We Didn’t See the 2008 Crash Coming
“People forget how petrified everybody was at the time.”
‘We’ve Lost 10 Years of Innovation. This Decade Has Been Boring for the Web.’
A conversation with the inventor of the pop-up ad on the web’s lost decade.
‘There Is No Public Internet, and We Are the Closest Thing to It’
The Wikimedia Foundation’s executive director, Katherine Maher, weighs in on incentive-based media models.
‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’
A conversation with former Reddit product head Dan McComas on the problems with Reddit, Twitter, and the rest of the web.
‘No Company Is So Important Its Existence Justifies Setting Up a Police State’
A conversation with legendary programmer Richard Stallman on the real meaning of “privacy rights” and why he only ever uses cash.
‘One Has This Feeling of Having Contributed to Something That’s Gone Very Wrong’
Tech pioneer Jaron Lanier discusses the sinking feeling you get when you’re quoted by Mark Zuckerberg, and everything else bad about the internet.
‘We Can Solve Huge Technical Issues, But Can’t Pay Our Employees a Fair Wage?’
Ellen Pao, former Reddit CEO, discusses Reddit’s focus on growth, Facebook’s homogeneity, and whether anything can be changed.
The Internet Apologizes …
Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.
‘There’s a Little Bit of Well, We’re All Just at Harvard, So What Could Happen?’
A conversation with former Zuckerberg speechwriter Kate Losse on how the Facebook founder thinks and what is hardest for him to wrap his mind around.
‘Facebook Does Not Exist to Return Profits to Its Shareholders’
A conversation with former Facebook designer Soleio Cuervo on what the media gets wrong about Facebook and why regulation is unnecessary.
‘The Organic Side, to Me, Is Scarier Than the Ad Side’
A conversation with former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez on Mark Zuckerberg’s “disingenuous and strange” reaction to the election.
‘Facebook Is a Fundamentally Addictive Product’
Former Facebook manager Sandy Parakilas on privacy, addiction, and why Facebook needs to “dramatically” change its business model.
‘You Have a Persuasion Engine Unlike Any Created in History’
A conversation with early Facebook investor Roger McNamee on propaganda, early warning signs, and why outrage is so addictive.