Evan Selinger

Evan Selinger (@evanselinger) is a professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Blaming the Internet Is Not the Answer
Evan Selinger reviews Andrew Keen's "The Internet Is Not the Answer"...
Evan SelingerMay 16, 2015
- Science & Technology
The Black Box Within: Quantified Selves, Self-Directed Surveillance, and the Dark Side of Datification
What happens when “life as we know it” becomes a series of occasions to collect, analyze, and use data to determine what’s true, opportune, or even right to do? According to Luke Dormehl, much more than we bargained for....
Evan SelingerFeb 17, 2015
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Too Much Magic, Too Little Social Friction: Why Objects Shouldn’t Be Enchanted
Magic’s unintended consequences....
Evan SelingerJan 8, 2015
- Science & Technology
OkCupid’s XOXO for Big Surveillance
Love in the time of lab rats....
Evan SelingerOct 20, 2014
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
Replicated Communities: Bianca Bosker’s “Original Copies”
Bianca Bosker has written a fascinating, nuanced, visually compelling, and extremely readable book about China's "duplitecture."...
Evan SelingerAug 30, 2013

Blaming the Internet Is Not the Answer