Our Censors, Ourselves: Commercial Content Moderation
David C. Brock considers two recent books about largely unseen workforce moderating the tech giants.
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
David C. Brock considers two recent books about largely unseen workforce moderating the tech giants.
David C. BrockJul 25, 2019
M. G. Lord recalls the US Moon landing through Piers Bizony’s “The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space.”
M. G. LordJul 20, 2019
Coppola imagines what forms digital cinema might take, leaving behind a manual if he is not, at 80 years old, able to realize these forms himself.
Jeff MenneJul 8, 2019
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s.
Massimo MazzottiJul 8, 2019
In "Between Pen and Pixel," Aaron Kashtan argues that comics are the medium that offers the most insights about the present and the future of the...
Vincent HaddadJul 6, 2019
Philip Alcabes makes sense of "Mind Fixers" by Anne Harrington.
Philip AlcabesJul 4, 2019
Peter Forbes reviews "Hacking the Code of Life" by Nessa Carey and "Hacking Darwin" by Jamie Metzl.
Peter ForbesJul 3, 2019
Leslie Kendall Dye tends to "The Scar," a new memoir by Mary Cregan.
Leslie Kendall DyeJul 2, 2019
Does violence make humans unique? Melinda Baldwin reviews Erika Lorraine Milam’s “Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America.”
Melinda BaldwinJun 16, 2019
Diana Walsh Pasulka reviews Peter Bebergal’s "Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural."
Diana Walsh PasulkaJun 13, 2019
A new book about how to declutter our technologically oversaturated lives.
Taylor FayleJun 10, 2019
In "Falter," Bill McKibben once more explains nature’s workings, asks profound questions, and tells wonderful stories.
Franz BaumannJun 9, 2019