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12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
Tech is more important than ever, deeply affecting culture, politics and society. Given all the time we spend with our gadgets and apps…
Anil Dash
Mar 14, 2018
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Underscores, Optimization & Arms Races
Underscores, Optimization & Arms Races
A history of how we started designing apps & content to appease algorithms instead of ourselves, and the arms race that ensued.
Anil Dash
Nov 29, 2017
Tech and the Fake Market tactic
Tech and the Fake Market tactic
Tech helped Fake Markets took over Free Markets without media or politicians even noticing.
Anil Dash
Feb 10, 2017
How do we reform tech?
How do we reform tech?
In the past, popular movements have forced major industries to confront their need for ethical reform. But today‘s media, policymakers and…
Anil Dash
Oct 6, 2016
Initial Acceptance
Initial Acceptance
Investor John Greathouse used the Wall Street Journal to share the (obviously profoundly flawed) suggestion that women in tech use their…
Anil Dash
Sep 29, 2016
It’s more than just “teach kids to code”
It’s more than just “teach kids to code”
I’m skeptical about “teach the kids to code!” as a panacea for all of society’s ills. Yet today, I’m at the White House to participate in a…
Anil Dash
Sep 14, 2016
There is no “technology industry”
There is no “technology industry”
The label’s become too big to be useful, and tech could suffer for it.
Anil Dash
Aug 19, 2016
10 Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Startup Success
10 Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Startup Success
This piece originally appeared on my personal blog on March 28, 2013. Given its continued relevance, I’ve reposted a lightly edited update…
Anil Dash
Aug 17, 2016
New York-Style Tech
New York-Style Tech
A technology community driven by values, not just profits.
Anil Dash
Jul 15, 2016
The Online Abuse Playbook
The Online Abuse Playbook
There’s a well-defined pattern to how marginalized people are attacked online. If we can understand it, we can help stop each other from…
Anil Dash
Jun 17, 2016
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse
After building online communities for two decades, we’ve learned how to fight abuse. It’s a solvable problem. We just have to stop…
Anil Dash
May 27, 2016
“I thought we’re the good guys?”
“I thought we’re the good guys?”
No matter how good our intentions, people who work in tech will be seen as the new robber barons if we don’t start being more…
Anil Dash
Mar 7, 2016
Who’s Connected: 2 Stories of “Free Internet”
Who’s Connected: 2 Stories of “Free Internet”
Facebook’s Free Basics and NYC’s LinkNYC both promised to bring Internet connectivity to the masses. So why was the community response to…
Anil Dash
Feb 26, 2016
Against “Don’t Read the Comments”
Against “Don’t Read the Comments”
We’ve made a habit out of telling people not to read the comments online. But what started as a cynical in-joke has become a bad habit, and…
Anil Dash
Jan 27, 2016
What emotions do our apps inspire?
What emotions do our apps inspire?
Both FOMO (the “Fear of Missing Out”) and the joy of missing out are emotional states that our apps induce in our users. Those of us who…
Anil Dash
Jan 22, 2016
Network Inequality
Network Inequality
The way we build and grow social networks and apps can amplify and exacerbate the existing inequities in society. But it doesn’t have to be…
Anil Dash
Jan 15, 2016
Toward Humane Tech
Toward Humane Tech
If you make technology, or work in the tech industry, I have good news for you: we won.
Anil Dash
Jan 6, 2016
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