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All Half-Truths: The Media’s Love-Hate Relationship with Statistics
All Half-Truths: The Media’s Love-Hate Relationship with Statistics
Statistics are the lifeblood of the modern media — so why are they so often used in bad faith; to provide us, not truths, but half-truths?
Max Gorynski
Jan 18
A Very Online Insurrection
A Very Online Insurrection
As much as January 6th was a disaster of disingenuous politics, it was, perhaps more importantly, a failure of our information space.
Jackson Oliver Webster
Jan 8
A Letter to Our Readers — “The Republic of Technology”
A Letter to Our Readers — “The Republic of Technology”
Wonk Bridge’s Letter to Our Readers for 2020
Max Gorynski
Jan 3
Wonk Bridge Trialectic #1 : “Can Computers Teach Us to Operate in Good Faith?”
Wonk Bridge Trialectic #1 : “Can Computers Teach Us to Operate in G...
A Debate Between Three at Wonk Bridge
Wonk Bridge
Dec 26, 2020
The Kindness Game: A Review of “Kind Words”
The Kindness Game: A Review of “Kind Words”
Kind Words is not a meditation game, but a kindness game for which meditation is the optimal strategy.
Oliver Meredith Cox
Dec 24, 2020
Wonk Bridge Presents — The Holiday Reading Review 2020
Wonk Bridge Presents — The Holiday Reading Review 2020
A selection of the finest books, essays and blog-ellany our contributors enjoyed in 2020
Max Gorynski
Dec 19, 2020
Some Thoughts on “The Mechanics Bad Faith”
Some Thoughts on “The Mechanics Bad Faith”
Why better rules of engagement aren’t enough to stave off the threat of bad faith.
Ruoji Tang
Dec 11, 2020
Goodbye, Technopolis
Goodbye, Technopolis
Dominic Cummings reached near the apex of British politics with ambitions of building a ‘meritocratic technopolis’. Why did these dreams…
Max Gorynski
Dec 7, 2020
A Short Introduction to the Mechanics of Bad Faith
A Short Introduction to the Mechanics of Bad Faith
Having Taught Computers Humanity, Can They Teach Us Good Faith?
Oliver Meredith Cox
Nov 23, 2020
The Life of Ivor Cox, ‘Beyond Technology’
The Life of Ivor Cox, ‘Beyond Technology’
Or “Two Spirits of Non-Conformity in the Machine”
Max Gorynski
Nov 18, 2020
‘Mature Disruption’ — The Startup School for Over 50s
‘Mature Disruption’ — The Startup School for Over 50s
It must be the soft prejudice that goes most without saying in the world of technology — that it’s a young person’s game…
Max Gorynski
Nov 1, 2020
The Accidental Tyranny of User Interfaces
The Accidental Tyranny of User Interfaces
The potential of technology to empower is being subverted by tyrannical user interface design, enabled by our data and attention.
Oliver Meredith Cox
Oct 25, 2020
Satanic Panic 2: Facebook Boogaloo
Satanic Panic 2: Facebook Boogaloo
Disinformation is more reliant than ever on large platforms’ complacency
Jackson Oliver Webster
Oct 18, 2020
Autcraft — Building a Haven for the Autistic on Minecraft
Autcraft — Building a Haven for the Autistic on Minecraft
One loving father transformed Minecraft play for autistic children worldwide with the Autcraft server. But why was such a server necessary?
Max Gorynski
Oct 17, 2020
‘Who Watches the Watchers?’ — The Internet and the Panopticon
‘Who Watches the Watchers?’ — The Internet and the Panopticon
Why can the online world be defined as a Panopticon? Well by applying the rationality of Bentham’s approach the modern world gives further…
Sebastian Vogelpoel
Oct 13, 2020
The Unintentional Comedy: A Commentary on The Social Dilemma
The Unintentional Comedy: A Commentary on The Social Dilemma
Wonk Bridge Reviews the Year’s Funniest Warning
Max Gorynski
Oct 4, 2020
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