Stories by dredmorbius

The era of Big Tech self-governance has come to an end

New Rare Earth Deposits: A Non-Solution for a Non-Problem

Earlier today, Facebook turned on a feature that showed information about Pages

Digital Photocopiers Loaded with Secrets (2010)

Privacy Is Dead. Here’s What Comes Next

Career Advice

Why can't we use technology to solve social problems? (2001)

The Indiana Gas Boom

How to Kill People: A Problem of Design

The radical idea that people have value

As Facebook Shows Its Flaws, What Might a Better Social Network Look Like?

The smartphone sales slowdown is real

YouTube’s Plan to Clean Up the Mess That Made It Rich

Can Major Carbon Sinks Be Restored by Rewetting the World's Drained Bogs? (2008)

First-Ever Evictions Database Shows: 'We're in the Middle of a Housing Crisis'

A Short Lesson in Perspective (2012)

BrickerBot, the permanent denial-of-service botnet, is back with a vengeance

The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2016-2017

The Economic Logic of (some) Amazingly Awful Websites

Jerry Muller on the Tyranny of Metrics

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