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Judith Donath

Becoming Agents

In computer-human interface design , the word “agent” refers to chatbots and other seemingly autonomous entities that act on behalf of us…

Feb 20

Becoming Agents

Feb 20

The Perfection of Persuasion

In response to being asked “What area the most beneficial or menacing changes in digital live that are likely to occur by 2035?”

Feb 24, 2023

The Perfection of Persuasion

Feb 24, 2023

The Internet in 2035

In response to the Pew Research Center’s question for 2021

Nov 23, 2021

The Internet in 2035

Nov 23, 2021

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New designs for living online

A friend just posted a picture of himself, looking bug-eyed and exhausted after a long day on Zoom, a day spent staring fixedly at the…

Apr 28, 2020

New designs for living online

Apr 28, 2020

The Best of Worst Times

On the plus side, there has never been a better time in history to be confined to home. “Social distancing” does not, in this age of…

Mar 12, 2020

The Best of Worst Times

Mar 12, 2020

Messages Mixed and Masked

Observations from the “Straight Pride” counter-protest and police response

Sep 12, 2019

Messages Mixed and Masked

Sep 12, 2019

Enveloped in suspicion

Differing ideals about privacy and public space underlie deeply divergent adoption of letter writing in the ancient cultures

May 14, 2019

Enveloped in suspicion

May 14, 2019

You Are Entering an Ephemeral Bio-allowed Data Capture Zone

Thoughts on Regulating Surveillance

Jul 23, 2018

You Are Entering an Ephemeral Bio-allowed Data Capture Zone

Jul 23, 2018

UberFREE: The ultimate advertising experience

Promoted rides — free transportation in return for en route stops — will be one of the most popular changes self-driving cars will bring.

Nov 16, 2017

UberFREE: The ultimate advertising experience

Nov 16, 2017

Delinquent-in-chief

Aug 26, 2017

Delinquent-in-chief

Aug 26, 2017

Judith Donath

Judith Donath

Given how profitable it can be to lie, how does honesty exist? Author of The Social Machine (MIT: June 2014) http://vivatropolis.com/

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