It’s content you want to see!
I can’t be the only one who hates when sites only show me stuff based on what I like. “Personalization,” they call it. Choice. Customization. “Navel-gazing,” I do. Far too many sites and apps are doing...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of the Click
Do you even know what’s happening to your news? Media companies are tracking the hot terms that people are searching for from minute to minute, and when those terms come up on their computers, there’s...
View ArticleHow the Web destroyed our economy
You’re going to think I’m nuts. But I’m growing convinced: The Web has trashed the American economy. Back in the ’20s, mass production transformed the way we made and bought things. Henry Ford and his...
View ArticleOKCupid dating site hides the ‘ugly’ people from your matches
Well, this is disgusting. I joined a dating site, OKCupid, early last week. (Stop chuckling. That’s not the disgusting part.) I’m not a big dating site fan, but a friend said it was fun, so I figured...
View ArticleSeven things Facebook and Google get wrong about you
Most of the major sites we use now purport to be able to "customize" what they show you based on what you've looked at before. But this worrying fascination is built on some logical lapses about who we...
View ArticleWhy I prefer books
Books are benevolent furniture. They are organic, and like wood, they give a room a certain vibration. I'm satisfied to read a few titles in their luminous, disposable form, but overall, I still prefer...
View ArticleCongress demands answers on privacy from Disney: the letter
Today, Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger demanding answers about the new MyMagic+ “magic bands” RFID-based wristbands that are being implemented at the Orlando theme...
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