The New Tech Culture Wars
In our extremely online political times, content moderators have been cast as central players in the fight for democracy, whether as its antagonists or its delinquent guardians.
Winter 2024
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Let Them Eat Tech
Tech-oriented solutions to rural poverty and underdevelopment have become hallmarks of Democratic Party policy thinking. We need an alternative that redistributes the wealth generated by the high-tech sector—and recognizes its limits as a development strategy.
Can We Scale Down Big Tech?
Scandal at Facebook and the Amazon headquarters search charade have prompted renewed calls to break up big tech companies. But we need to go beyond trustbusting to rein in Silicon Valley.
Trump Disrupts the Valley
Why the titans of Silicon Valley—long tied to the Democrats—have been warming up to Trumpism.
Bargaining with Silicon Valley
Gig economy bosses—including the CEOs of both Uber and Lyft—are using a narrative of technological inevitability to undermine labor law and the social safety net.
Thank God It’s Monday
A start-up turned real estate giant, WeWork has turned co-working into a global industry by selling a lifestyle where work and play are virtually indistinguishable.
Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims that his new lobbying group, FWD.us, “can change everything.” But like Facebook’s other top-down “revolutions,” FWD conflates the leadership of the powerful with transformation for all, and efficient corporate recruiting with improving the lives of immigrant workers.
