Jathan Sadowski

Jathan Sadowski (@jathansadowski) is a freelance writer and PhD student in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University. He writes about the various ways technologies are entangled in issues of social justice, ethics, and political economy.

Media in the Democratic State

In the face of fascism’s rising threat, why did mid-century artists and scientists imagine that media could help save democracy?...

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Google-Eye View: Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen’s “The New Digital Age”

MOST AMERICANS look upon technology companies favorably, for the most part. They provide us with useful services, and their visionary executives routinely declare that their primary intention is to change the world for the better. Everyone from Al Gore to Senator ...

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Silicon Gospel: Byron Reese's "Infinite Progess"

SILICON VALLEY already has a storied tradition of trying to predict the future, thanks to oracular figures such as Kevin Kelly, Clay Shirky, Jeff Jarvis, and Peter Diamandis. Yet the tech industry’s newest prophet is somehow unrivaled in his ...

JATHAN SADOWSKI