History Won’t Save You
June 15, 2018
For most of Trump's cabinet there will be book deals, not prosecutions
Jacob Silverman
Jacob Silverman is an independent journalist in New York. He is the author of Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection and coauthor of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. His next book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2025. He is a contributing editor for The Baffler and for The New Republic. He writes for many outlets, including at his website, www.jacobsilverman.com.
The Madness of King Musk
May 25, 2018
Tesla's foundering founder is on a wild tear
We Don’t Have Elections
The truth is that while tech giants act with an authoritarian indifference toward their citizen-consumers, it’s increasingly important they are seen as liberal.
The Civil-izing Process
March 29, 2018
Civil’s business model is genuinely innovative, if also bizarre. Welcome to journalism powered by the blockchain.
The Techies Who Said Sorry
March 20, 2018
Who will help us fix our broken internet? Who will free us from the tyranny of the smartphone?
Parkland: Urgency and Insurgency
February 26, 2018
Today's digital-savvy teens are wise in ways their elders are not—and they're not intimidated by trolling from the right.
Your Faceprint Tomorrow
Facial recognition technology has marched unimpeded into the commercial sphere—the consequences are staggering.
A Most Incompetent Spy
December 11, 2017
Gregory Allen Justice was seeking to take control of his life.