The Extra Mile
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The War on the Imagination
There were numerous news items last week about surveillance and algorithmic decision-making in the workplace. These kinds of stories aren’t new, of course. But as Elon Musk has infiltrated the White House, instructing his minions to eliminate as much of the federal workforce as possible; and as the Trump
Nobody's Business
“If you’re so rich, how come you’re not smart?” The quotation above, from Dan Davies's new book The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions – And How the World Lost Its Mind, has been playing on repeat in my head since I read it this
Not So Fast
On Friday morning, a few hours after I sent you the last newsletter, we picked Poppy up from the veterinary hospital. The nurse presented us with the little tennis ball Poppy had picked up in the park and tried to squirrel home unseen, swallowing it, we think, just as we
Automated Contempt
The political-technological crisis is only deepening in the United States, and I hardly know where to begin today's email to you, other than to say that I hope you're okay. And if you're not, do feel free to hit "reply" – I can&