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Ben Tarnoff

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How Everything Became Data

The rise and rise and rise of data.

by Ben Tarnoff via The Nation on October 16, 2023
Better, Faster, Stronger

Two recent books illuminate the dark foundations of Silicon Valley.

by Ben Tarnoff via New York Review of Books on August 31, 2023
‘A Certain Danger Lurks There’: How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence– but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans.

by Ben Tarnoff via The Guardian on July 25, 2023
Build a Better Internet

An interview with Ben Tarnoff, the author of "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."

by Nick Serpe, Ben Tarnoff via Dissent on June 27, 2022
‘Wallets and Eyeballs’: How eBay Turned the Internet Into a Marketplace

The story of the modern web is often told through the stories of Google, Facebook, Amazon. But eBay was the first conqueror.

by Ben Tarnoff via The Guardian on June 16, 2022
The Internet Should Be a Public Good

The Internet was built by public institutions — so why is it controlled by private corporations?

by Ben Tarnoff via Jacobin on August 31, 2016

Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future

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The Idea of Work, From Below

Ideas about working from the employee perspective.

by Joel Suarez via Journal of the History of Ideas Blog on September 6, 2021

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