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 […]
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Looks Like New: What happened to hacktivism?
The cultures of computer hacking have made their way from marginal subcultures to becoming driving forces in the world as we know it. Facebook’s headquarters is […]
Looks Like New: Who Cares About Privacy?
While digital privacy issues often get a lot of attention and even alarmism, it rarely seems to change behavior. Even if it did, do individual choices […]
Looks Like New: Can Networks Liberate Work?
There is a kind of dream out there that, once we get the gizmos set up just right, work will be transformed. While many speculate about […]
Looks Like New: Can Business Account for Care Work?
This month, Spanish activist Stacco Troncoso and his collaborators released the DisCO Manifesto (disco.coop), which proposes a new model for organizations that account for the care […]
Looks Like New: What’s Wrong with Unicorns?
Unicorns are mythical animals. It’s also the name for a mythical idea that drives the tech startup economy. In that context, a unicorn is the rare […]
Looks Like New: What’s New With Textiles?
We might not think about textiles as advanced technology, but in fact it was textile looms that helped inspire the designs of the earliest computers. This […]
Looks Like New: What is public-benefit journalism?
The priorities of community journalism have often come into conflict with corporate priorities—something we know well in Colorado. A new publication, the Colorado Sun, has attempted […]