Stories by cratermoon

Magic Numbers: Treating “the algorithm” as a kind of divine power

Masters of the Userverse

Elon Musk’s paradoxical vision of running Twitter: Less democracy, more freedom

Chimp City

College slated to close following a ransomware attack

Amazon Cracks Down on Organizing After Historic Union Win

Tipping the Scale: a balance between large-scale systems and individual autonomy

Algorithms, Lies, and Social Media

Content Moderation as Administration

False Futurism: The metaverse is just another way to “go online”

ProPublica’s Article Layout Framework

Property Values: Creating more owners doesn’t make for collective ownership

Money-Go-Round

Guide for Perplexed Philosophers: Jesse Singal and the Rationalist Subculture

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Calls Bitcoin a Tulip Bubble Without the Aesthetics

Fighting the Misinfodemic: How quantitative misinformation misleads the public

Major Plot Holes in “Organized Crime Rings Are Closing Walgreens ” Narrative

The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

The Reason Southwest Airlines Had an Epic Meltdown This Weekend

Weaponized Architecture

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