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Breaking Free from Facebook

Breaking Free from Facebook I imagine I’m not alone when I say the decision to break free from Facebook has been a struggle. For me, quitting has been an effort long considered but never acted

Posted in Politics, Technology

Progressive Strategies: Artificial Intelligence

Progressive Strategies: Artificial Intelligence Progressive candidates and elected officials have a lot on their plates. Typically, they find themselves surrounded by corporate-controlled individuals

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Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships

Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships Our economy is quickly entering a depression, one that will likely ripple for generations. It is a known future, one that forces us to consider what comes

Posted in Economics, Education, Technology

Technology, Labor, and the Future

Technology, Labor, and the Future Labor and technology have a long and sordid history. Each breakthrough elevates humanity, but not with sacrifice. There are shifts in our immediate horizon so

Posted in Human Experience, Politics, Technology

The Case for Radical Change

The Case for Radical Change The sheer number of people who do not understand why Bernie Sanders supporters are so passionate is perplexing. Senator Sanders’s vision isn’t radical by any

Posted in Politics, Technology

(Our) Two Apolitical Futures

American democracy is crumbling before our very eyes. Trust in our institutions and leadership has been measurably declining since the 1970s. Today, it measures at one of its low points in recent

Posted in Politics, Technology

Exploring Rudimentary Utopias

Exploring Rudimentary Utopias If you were to imagine the first steps towards crafting a utopia on Earth, what would they look like? Assuming our point of departure at this very moment in time, we’d

Posted in Politics, Technology

Reimagining Utopia

Reimagining Utopia American society has a dirty word that no one likes to talk about. It’s something that we’ve known about for a long time but is absent from our national dialogue. The word

Posted in Human Experience, Technology

Designing an American Social Credit Score

Designing an American Social Credit Score Around the world, nations are going through significant social and cultural upheavals. In an attempt to proactively combat dissent and establish more control

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Socializing Uber for Society & Shareholders

Socializing Uber for Society & Shareholders Since its inception, Uber has a turbulent ride full of ebbs and flows. The organization with a vision to “replace car ownership” has

Category: Technology

Breaking Free from Facebook

Progressive Strategies: Artificial Intelligence

Reimagining Public-Private Partnerships

Technology, Labor, and the Future

The Case for Radical Change

(Our) Two Apolitical Futures

Exploring Rudimentary Utopias

Reimagining Utopia

Designing an American Social Credit Score

Socializing Uber for Society & Shareholders