The stakes for moderation and governance in online communities are getting higher and higher. Harms can be very serious, from election manipulation to sexual abuse. But […]
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Looks Like New – Can artists control their own business?
Art has often been the vanguard of new tech. It was through art that many people got interested in the Internet to begin with, or became […]
Looks Like New: Should we all have a Great Firewall?
This month, President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the Chinese-owned platforms TickTock and WeChat. This comes after years of China banning major US platforms like […]
Looks Like New: How do you invent the future?
Activist Adrienne Maree brown writes that the work of social change requires “science fictional behavior”— which is surely all the more true in the context of […]
Looks Like New: Which images count as evidence?
We are haunted and mobilized by images. The cellphone video of George Floyd’s death has set cities on fire, elevated Black struggles for justice, and reminded […]
Looks Like New: What Makes Tech Inclusive?
Often, discussions about diversity in the tech industry focus on mere representation. But in this discussion from Boulder Startup Week, we take inspiration from the Zebras […]
Looks Like New: How can we collaborate at a distance?
How can we collaborate at a distance? The COVID-19 pandemic has many of us rapidly changing how we work—and wondering how many of the changes will […]
Looks Like New: Direct Democracy
Today’s guest is Evan Ravitz, a proponent of direct democracy, who served on the City of Boulder’s Campaign Finance and Elections Working Group. Ravitz has been […]