Tag: society

Turkle, Times, Technology, Trauma–Yet Again. Good critique of a recent New York Times essay and book review on the influence of technology in our lives. Related reading.

Sex Work and the Limits of American Libertarianism:

When one’s commitment to markets takes precedence over one’s commitment to challenging discrimination, it’s almost inevitable that fair treatment for marginalized groups falls by the wayside.

How we were fooled into thinking that sexual predators lurk everywhere. A fantastic post from danah boyd about how our beliefs around online dangers diverge from reality. The bits about how this impacts the presence teens are expected to have in public spaces is fascinating to me. The associated book that it’s excerpted from is now at the top of my reading list.

Does journalism work?

Journalism without effect does not deserve the special place in democracy that it tries to claim.

But rather than the headlines reflecting the most important events, perhaps they should reflect the most pernicious misconceptions. Good journalists already have some sense of this, and every so often we learn of an alarming gap in public knowledge.

Jonathan Stray’s latest masterpiece. As he notes, journalism must be about improving the day-to-day functioning of a society.