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The Cambridge Analytica Con
March 21, 2018
“The man with the proper imagination is able to conceive of any commodity in such a way that it becomes an object of emotion to him and to those to whom he imparts his picture, and hence creates desire rather than a mere feeling of ought.” —Walter Dill Scott, Influencing ...

Fresh Hell
January 26, 2018
Pass Go, Collect $2.8 billion. This week, Amazon inched us further into our nightmarish future with the opening of Amazon Go: a grocery store without checkout lines or cashiers but chock full of cameras that sense, record, and charge you automatically for every impulse ...

The Longest Miles
November 28, 2017
I convinced myself of an extreme position, that the miles racket could be manipulated to turn the tables on the free market.

Dunce’s App
August 17, 2017
Behavior management apps are, in many ways, a culmination of B.F. Skinner's vision for “teaching machines.”

De-Muslimization
February 27, 2017
In Trump’s America, that “terrorist” label is cast in indelible ink. The previous precautions would not suffice, I realized. It was not just what was visible, but everything that was searchable that was now at play. A reversal had taken place. If before my possessions ...