Tag: Silicon Valley

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Point. Click. Occupy.

Sophia Goodfriend

September 12, 2022

Warfare has simply become a white-collar tech job.

Excavating the Internet

David Schurman Wallace

August 08, 2022

Studying the internet’s pre-history is interesting—but can it help us in the present?

True Colors

Luise Mörke

July 20, 2022

Aura has become one of the internet’s favorite ways of rendering personality.

Plenty Ventured, Little Gained

Josh Gabert-Doyon

May 18, 2022

What kind of political project might VC firms be shepherding?

Silicon Valley’s Blind Spot

Josh Gabert-Doyon

January 26, 2022

The anonymous forum where tech dissent gets commodified.

The Talented Mr. Thiel

Charlie Tyson

September 20, 2021

Inside the mind of Silicon Valley’s philosopher-king.

The Global Garage

Will Meyer

August 24, 2021

Militarized frontiers get a tech-savvy makeover.

Working at the Faux-Op

Eli Zeger

July 01, 2021

Building solidarity between brands

Fishbowl Fetish

John Kazior

December 02, 2020

These bleak scenes of the ecological devastation make for an unbeatable ad campaign.

Certain Unflattering Truths

Jennifer Schaffer

January 15, 2020

Anna Wiener infiltrates the panopticon.

The Uber Presidency

Ross Barkan

May 16, 2019

As Trump is the apotheosis of rank materialism and revanchist nationalism in the political arena, Uber is Silicon Valley’s greatest and most absurd offering to the American public.

Close Encounters of the Digital Kind

Emily Harnett

March 08, 2019

When Silicon Valley usurps the transcendent potential of extraterrestrial life