The Growing Knowledge Imbalance
Knowledge inequality has shifted from text to data, and we are overmatched
Kent Anderson
Can We Break Out of the Skinner Box?
Years of habituation to "likes" and "shares" may have addicted us forever
The Technology Spell Is Lifting
Multiple factors suggest we're becoming technology realists. So, what now?
Top Posts of 2019 . . . So Far
With a daily e-newsletter, it's easy to miss some things. Here's a summary of the top posts so far.
Open Data Can't Mean Open Season
De-identifying data is an uncertain proposition, especially for scientific researchers
Is Facebook's Run About to End?
A German decision may mark the beginning of the end for the surveillance economy
China Will Dominate Research, Citations
The pressures on journals and libraries may also lead to major publishing initiatives
The Traffic Argument Weakens
Google argues that new copyright legislation hurts traffic. Fewer publishers care.
"The Digitization of Mistakes"
When mistakes can go viral and context is broken, everyone becomes suspicious
Why Disruption Kills the Middle
Again and again, disruptive business models kill the moderating forces