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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

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Energy •
Health Care •
Military •
Law •
Infrastructure •
Political Philosophy •
Innovation •
Privacy •
Technocracy and Expertise •
Regulation •
Public Health •
All

Essay | Winter 2024

Winter 2024

  • Christine Rosen

Surveilling Alone

Home security cameras are booming in an era of rising crime and declining trust. But they’re driving neighbors further apart.

Christine Rosen

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Daniel Walden

The Speech of the Dead

Against AI necromancy

From: They’re Here…

Daniel Walden

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Jon Askonas

An America of Secrets

Democracy dies in darkness.

From: Reality: A Post-Mortem

Jon Askonas

Symposium | Winter 2022

Winter 2022

Debating the “Public Interest” Online

Responses to “How to Fix Social Media” by Nicholas Carr
How to Fix Social Media
Big Tech Should Answer to the Public, Not to Speech Regulators
Rule Social Media, or Be Ruled by It
Destroy Social Media, or Be Destroyed by It
How the “Public Interest” Serves the Interest of the Powerful
We Still Don’t Know How to Fix Social Media
Don’t Wait for Silver Bullets for Social Media Reform

Essay | Fall 2021

Fall 2021

  • Nicholas Carr

How to Fix Social Media

A century ago, new media tech brought fake news, privacy woes, and censorship fights — and American democracy tamed it. It’s time for new legislation that revives the wisdom of that era.

From: Debating the “Public Interest” Online

Nicholas Carr

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Laurence Scott

Gratuitous Display

The American diner and the viral tip

Laurence Scott

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Review | Winter 2020

Winter 2020

  • Michael M. Rosen

Why We Choose Surveillance Capitalism

Americans don’t care about privacy as much as they say.

Michael M. Rosen

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Review | Fall 2019

Fall 2019

  • Geoff Shullenberger

We All Wear Tinfoil Hats Now

How fears of mind control went from paranoid delusion to conventional wisdom

Geoff Shullenberger

Review | Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Jon Askonas

All Activities Monitored

How military drone technology is quietly creeping into policing, business, and everyday life

Jon Askonas

Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Shoshana Weissmann

How Not to Regulate Social Media

Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Shoshana Weissmann

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