In a world filled with immense noise and distraction, what could be more harmful to political discourse than limiting what can be said and how? Twitter has banned political ads outright and now Google is cutting off all data targeting in its political advertising — a misguided…
Returning home in the 1920’s, Romano Guardini reflects on the paradigm shift afflicting the southern Italian countryside. He is saddened by new technologies and manufacturing growth which threaten to break his fellow countrymen who lack “the grim seriousness, violent power, and inner alertness to the monstrous that is demanded.” …
On Thursday, I will be in attendance as the White House gathers technologists at a social media summit to discuss the growing concern of major tech companies and their role in online bias. While I agree that prejudice against conservative outlets is occurring, I do not believe the crisis is…
As COO of Data Trust and Founder of Magnitude Consulting, Michael draws on fifteen years of experience as a strategist, designer, and developer. He has built relationships across the political communications space to bring people and causes together. …
We sat around the yule log this holiday with my extended family, discussing the latest crash in the market. I quickly realized that not many people understand how the stock market works. Or, if they do, they have pretty typical fears that are validated the moment they trade their first…
The strangest thing about…
Cambridge, Facebook, Donald Trump, the Russians, and all my friends who milked 2016 for everything it was worth
…is that no one really did anything wrong — not from a technological standpoint, at least. And none of it is even new technology.
And…
To be honest, I don’t know where I first picked up this bit of advice (probably in some Medium blog!), but it’s been with me for close to three years now:
“If you spend enough time carrying a book around, you’ll eventually read the damn thing.”
It may be annoying…
When I look back at my nascent career in Washington, D.C., I survey a mixture of tangible and ambiguous accomplishments — all of them paper pushing in some regard. I began as a fundraiser in 2012 and have since transformed into a communicator, one of the online sort.
I would…
