Tech - Quillette

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

31 Jul 2023 · 7 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 Sep 2022 · 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

11 Aug 2022 · 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

14 Jul 2022 · 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

16 Sep 2021 · 36 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.

Percy Deift, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, and Sergiu Klainerman

19 Aug 2021 · 12 min read

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

17 Dec 2019 · 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

6 Jun 2019 · 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

12 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

How Ritualized Apologies Are Undermining Freedom of Expression

Ilana Redstone and John Villasenor

18 Nov 2018 · 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

12 Oct 2018 · 12 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

8 Oct 2018 · 5 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

30 Sep 2018 · 8 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

23 Aug 2018 · 11 min read