Social Media Has Hijacked Our Brains and Threatens Global Democracy
The ‘social media revolution’ gave us Donald Trump and Brexit—and is making politics impossible. Continue reading Social Media Has Hijacked Our Brains and Threatens Global Democracy
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‘Twitter and Tear Gas’ Looks at How Protest Is Fueled and Crushed by the Internet
The new book from Zeynep Tufekci looks at how the web has helped demonstrations take off around the globe, but also made them harder to sustain. Continue reading ‘Twitter and Tear Gas’ Looks at How Protest Is Fueled and Crushed by the Internet
The ‘Complex Systems Theorist’ Who Predicted the Arab Spring
Using big data and new number-crunching strategies, math can be used to predict global crises. Continue reading The ‘Complex Systems Theorist’ Who Predicted the Arab Spring