How the Internet Turned “Florida Man” Into a Figure of Indulgence, Decadence, and Bad Decision Making

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Tyler Gillespie on the Rise and Fall of a Digital Antihero

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Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

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Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

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Inside the Secret Facility Where the USSR’s First Cosmonauts Trained

Inside the Secret Facility Where the USSR’s First Cosmonauts Trained

Stephen Walker on the Vanguard Six

By Stephen Walker | April 15, 2021

Gawker is coming back.

Gawker is coming back.

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This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

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Sherry Turkle on AI and the Perils of Pretend Empathy

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