The Changing Politics of Oligarchy
Liberal democracies need to restore a climate of entrepreneurial opportunity and competition.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read
Tech
A collection of 15 posts
The Great Misinformation Panic
By going to war against "misinformation" governments are merely diverting finite resources from addressing real harm to people and property, which purportedly justifies the panic in the first place.
Dara Macdonald
· 8 min read
Malthusian Theory Has Always Been False
A review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley. (August 2022)
Robert Zubrin
· 8 min read
Apple’s Depressing Denouement
A review of ‘After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul,’ by Tripp Mickle (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2022).
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Metaverse: Science Fiction or Reality?
We tend to overestimate a technology’s abilities in the near term, and massively underestimate what it can do in the long term.
Randall Mayes
· 9 min read
Lessons for Big Tech from Ralph Nader’s ‘Sack of Detroit’
Tech giants were slow to confront the regrettable purposes to which their platforms and systems were being put, preferring to single-mindedly pursue growth and profits.
Kenneth Whyte
· 37 min read
As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader
In a 2018 report published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), China ranked first in mathematical proficiency among 15-year-olds, while the United States was in 25th place.
How Bitcoin Can Protect Free Speech in the Digital Age
If we want to live in a world where we can buy things and subscribe to media and earn money and publish our thoughts without the fear of being spied on, then we are going to need a digital form of cash. Bitcoin is the foundation for that system.
Alex Gladstein
· 7 min read
Against Big Tech Viewpoint Discrimination
Some might claim that electric power is far more of a necessity that social media access.
James D. Miller
· 4 min read
Down the Rabbit Hole of Political Intolerance in Silicon Valley
I took it as a good sign that by the time I got back to our family brunch all I could talk about was what I’d read about this kid (Palmer Luckey) and his incredible company (Oculus).
Blake J. Harris and Clay Routledge
· 10 min read
How Ritualized Apologies Are Undermining Freedom of Expression
Ilana Redstone and John Villasenor
· 4 min read
Brotopia—Analysis and Review
Chang shows no awareness that gender parity is the exception not the rule in the US workplace.
Sean Welsh
· 13 min read
Google’s China Ambitions Threaten U.S. National Security
What can we do about China’s potential future ability to harm American politicians through influencing Internet companies that operate in both China and the United States?
James D. Miller
· 6 min read
Alex Jones Was Victimized by One Oligopoly. But He Perpetuated Another
We must be the protectors of our own free speech, and habitually speak out not just against the tech giants, but also against populist gurus.
Gurwinder Bhogal
· 9 min read
In Defence of Combat Robots
Human weaknesses in combat are well-documented and largely consistent. Technology, by contrast, improves with every passing week.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read