In The Technological Society (1964), Jacques Ellul writes, “sport is linked with the technical world because sport itself is a technique.” Various societies have used sport as a technique to achieve physical and mental “efficiency” or to live in harmony with natural environments and cycles. …

We’re in the middle of an unprecedented leap in artificial intelligence, metadata processing, machine learning and the duplication of human intellectual power (and caprice) on a massive, efficiency-driven scale. Facial recognition tech (FRT) captures the essence of this contentious and mind-blowing moment. Notorious company Clearview AI says that when it…

In Aristotle’s Politics, the ancient philosopher attributes Midas’s death to the king’s “vain prayer for the gold touch,” that eventually resulted, quite logically and predictably, in his inability to eat food or drink water because, you know, it was all turning to gold. …

Makkari, a powerful leading superhero in the new movie Eternals, is a skilled designer and technician who, under the guise of Thoth, taught writing to the Egyptians. Makkari can run at the speed of light, and the speed at which she can travel allows her to run both on water…

Guest Post As leftists, we have our work cut out for us as we work to build a better, more just world. In an era defined by climate catastrophe, racial oppression, and levels of wealth inequality not seen since the Gilded Age, it is going to take a monumental effort…

All disciplines tend to overstate their own importance, and political communication is no exception. In fact, everything — all social phenomena — is explainable to the communication theorist as a manifestation of communication, symbols, words and rhetoric. Take, for example, any aspect of the current discussions of political division in…

A striking observation by Popular Information founder Judd Legum: “Several large corporations that have recently issued public statements supporting voting rights — including Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup — are also funding and collaborating with a top Republican group advocating for new voter suppression laws.” Legum also reports that the Republican…

Recently someone questioned what the arguments for and against treating juveniles as adults in the criminal justice system are. …

On January 20, I overheard someone say, “He’s finally gone.” But “he” may have physically vacated the White House, he isn’t really gone. Someone removed against their will from political office (or from anywhere, for that matter) is never really gone. They continue to haunt us, almost like a ghost. …