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A few good books about too-good-to-be-true tech (to read after your Tesla explodes).

A few good books about too-good-to-be-true tech (to read after your Tesla explodes).

By James Folta | April 29, 2024

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

Andrew Keen on the Perennial Problem with Tech Utopianism

By Andrew Keen | July 29, 2022

Neoliberal Pieties and Business School Empathy Aren’t Getting Us Out of This Mess

Neoliberal Pieties and Business School Empathy Aren’t Getting Us Out of This Mess

Andrew Keen on Our Ill-Placed Faith in a Transformative Free Market

By Andrew Keen | March 18, 2022

Who Really Runs the World? On Power and How<br> We Perceive It

Who Really Runs the World? On Power and How
We Perceive It

The Host of Keen On Wonders Why We Don’t Like to Talk About Our Own Power

By Andrew Keen | March 11, 2022

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Max Chafkin Recommends Books that Highlight the Intersection of Tech, Business, and Politics

By Max Chafkin | September 21, 2021

Sheera Frenkel on Facebook’s Fall from Grace

Sheera Frenkel on Facebook’s Fall from Grace

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 27, 2021

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Roger McNamee on the Incompatibility of Social Media and Democracy

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Is it Too Late to Save the Internet from Itself?

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The Power of Facebook: How Big <br>is Too Big?

The Power of Facebook: How Big
is Too Big?

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Franklin Foer on the Existential Threat of Big Tech

Franklin Foer on the Existential Threat of Big Tech

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