Mark Pesce on "Hypercivility" at @CivicHall
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, February 26 2015
Mark Pesce speaking at Civic Hall in NYC Feb 26 2015
A week ago, digital ethnologist Mark Pesce gave a talk here at Civic Hall on the topic of "Hypercivility." As you will see from watching the video, it's an extension of years of research and thinking he has done on the effects of hyperconnectivity on our world. Be forewarned, this is not an "easy" talk to watch or digest. While Pesce definitely has our social-media-powered "Age of Outrage" on his mind, he grounds his talk in a much more serious place: post-genocide Rwanda, which he recently visited. Read More
First POST: Challenges
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, February 24 2015
How Silicon Valley donors are thinking about Hillary Clinton 2016; Yahoo's security chief locks horns with the head of the NSA; Instagram location data catches a Congressman with his hand in the till; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Foundations
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, February 12 2015
The big ideas from yesterday's NetGain conference; sifting internal Airbnb data for NYC; new tools for civic hackers; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Oversharing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, February 11 2015
The internal combustion of the New Organizing Institute; why sexist and homophobic tweets are still not a good idea; lessons from John Ellis (Jeb) Bush on how not to do transparency; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Info-Kale
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, February 2 2015
How the net neutrality movement went from "stop" to "go"; Facebook's ongoing effort to make News Feed more nutritious; inside Vladimir Putin's social media army; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Jargon Busters
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, January 28 2015
Changes in the RNC's tech team; big plans for digital democracy in the UK; how people in Cuba are making their own private Internet; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Turbulence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 13 2015
Why David Cameron's call to ban encrypted communications in the UK is stupid and unworkable; what "democracy in the digital age" might look like; the open data movement's turbulent teenage years in the US; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Clues
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, January 9 2015
Updating the Cluetrain Manifesto fifteen years later; how to battle online harassment; CityCamps this weekend; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Pushbacks
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 6 2015
Why time is a more important metric than clicks; how police are criminalizing some social media; Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia movement; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Phubbing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, December 4 2014
How the NSA taps worldwide cellphone networks (and makes them more vulnerable); why Uber-fans should stop beating up on government; how NYC's new free Wi-Fi program might accentuate inequality; and much, much more. Read More