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  • Microsoft and ICE; Tech and Trump, Revisited; Lines and Responsibilities

    Microsoft is facing both internal and external pushback for its contract with ICE in the light of the Trump administration decision to separate families at the border; it is time for tech executives to decide where the line is between rhetoric and action.

  • The Difference Between Google and Facebook, Facebook’s Pedantry, Facebook and the Value of Data

    More on the fallout from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: why Google and Facebook are different, why that explains how they treat data, and why Facebook seems so oblivious.

  • Amazon Health

    Amazon Health doesn’t seem like much now, but there are hints it could be the ultimate application of Aggregation Theory.

  • Trustworthy Networking

    The problems Facebook are facing today are the result of running into the future without considering unintended consequences, much like Microsoft and the Internet. There are clear solutions for the ad problem, but the filter bubble issue is much more fraught.

  • Snapchat Spectacles “Launch”, Facebook’s Real Problem

    Recent news about Snapchat (Spectacles) and Facebook (its effect on elections) couldn’t be more different; that’s why they are, in fact, related.

  • Donald Trump is the President-Elect, Tech Under Trump, The Big Picture

    Donald Trump is the president-elect, and the temptation is to reduce his success to black-and-white issues. That would be a mistake for the tech industry in particular.

  • The Brexit Possibility

    Brexit’s downsides are clear; might tech help realize upsides in building something new based on a new world order?

  • The Voters Decide

    An apolitical analysis of what is happening in U.S. politics through the lens of Aggregation Theory

  • A Politics For Technology

    Technology is changing the world, which means politics should change as well. There is a way forward that entails less regulation and a much bigger safety net.

  • Don’t Blame Uber

    At the risk of painting too broad a stroke, it seems to me that much of the opposition to changes wrought by the Internet undervalue the positive impact said changes have on normal people. For example, people despair over newspapers closing without appreciating the explosion in quality content freely available to anyone anywhere in the […]