My new book, Mistrust: How Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them, launches today. For those of you who live near me… Read More »Mistrust, or Books as Letters to a Future World
I’m quoted today in an excellent article by Jose Del Real in the Washington Post. The article addresses the ongoing challenges we are likely to… Read More »Fixing disinformation won’t save us
With love and respect to my friends in the US who are celebrating today, I’m not there. Yes, it’s wonderful that Donald Trump will no… Read More »The US, Canada and “long hope”
My US readers – Let’s be honest: you’re doomscrolling. It’s not helping. Unless you’re an attorney who can intervene legally in a voter intimidation scenario,… Read More »Stop Doomscrolling. Hang out with smart folks trying to build better futures online.
(By Ethan and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University) As we head towards a pivotal US presidential election in early… Read More »Beyond Facebook Logic: Help us Identify and Map Alternative Social Media!
It’s September 1, and because I’ve spent 35 of my 47 years in educational institutions of one sort or another, the start of the school… Read More »A personal update