#Internet

Jeremy Allaire

jerallaire

1/14 The rise of crypto has brought policy and regulatory issues to the forefront and are going to become massively important very quickly. The departing administration and the incoming Democratic

Taylor B.

taylordbarkley

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr is a book often cited in discussions about technology and society but it is a book I had not read. 2020 is its 10th anniversary

Rachel Kleinfeld

RachelKleinfeld

1/4 If you know someone in QAnon-the next few days/weeks are a time to reach out. Getting out of conspiracies is best done by people loved & trusted, and a

Crypto Cuttlefish

cuttlefish_btc

Anyone else born in the late 1970s / early 1980s feel like they're part of a weird generation that slipped thru the cracks? And I don't even really want to

Leslie Jane

LeslieJaneNorth

A story:This morning I woke to discover the furnace was broken. It was -35°C or so outside. Calls were made. I proceed to work from home. I teach online in

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

Still think that whatever its ostensible subject, an enormous amount of performative rage on the internet--and its audience counterpart, rage-seeking--is about using rage to suppress more normal anxiety and sadness

TimKarr

TimKarr

THREAD: Why is Mitch McConnell holding up $2,000 checks that people desperately need? Because he also thinks the government should regulate the internet & investigate phantom voter fraud allegations, and

André Staltz

andrestaltz

In acquiring services, Microsoft is a different type of tech giant than Google and Facebook.Microsoft is a meta-platform Google and Facebook are (mere) platforms, so when they acquired competing platform

Yande_re

yande_re

Debunking stupid no-arguments against piracy thread.The point of internet is to make all kind of information available to people.around the world, the point is to surpass barriers of time and

Mostly Borrowed Ideas

borrowed_ideas

1/ Notes from @_ram_ episode @InvestLikeBest A bit late to this, but I was really looking forward to listening to Ram on Patrick's podcast. Ram is one of the most

Dr Manu Saunders

ManuSaunders

Seeing lots of jokes about the FB ban. There are big picture issues that affect everyone (even if you don't use/care about FB). Media laws, access to knowledge, spread of

Aral Balkan 🕷 (@[email protected])

aral

Play stupid games… Now, that said, it could just as well have been my account for whatever reason because it’s not my account (or your account), it’s Twitter’s account. The

Freya Cole

freya_cole

THREAD: Myanmar protests & online activism Let’s look at the role the internet and more specifically -social media- is playing in 2021 compared to 2007. Is the internet the Tatmadaw’s

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Successful faster-than-speed-of-light demonstration of **QUANTUM TELEPORTATION** of up to 44 kilometer. @Caltech & @Fermilab scientists teleported quantum info for a sustained period across distance of 44 km via quantum entan

Brianne Benness

bennessb

Hi, I don't argue anymore with people who "well, actually..." any tweets about how internet health advice can be more helpful than doctors. Here's why I know, from a

Matthew Sekol

MatthewSekol

When you wonder "what happened to #NetNeutrality " and you hear that speeds have gone up, ask yourself this.Where was the investment in rural broadband we were promised?https://www.wsj.com/articles/remote-schooling-out-of-reach-f

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