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The Power of Place in Understanding—and Reframing—Digital Capitalism

Dec 18 2024
Author Luis F. Alvarez Leon argues that asserting the power of place to reframe digital capitalism in geographic terms is a way to reclaim the digital as part of our social world.
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AI and the End of Photography

Mar 07 2024
By Brooke Belisle, author of Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to ComputationRecent headlines are announcing the end of photography, as AI changes what counts as a photograph or makes it impossible to judge. The New York Times has published multiple, interactive articles prompting reader
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How Four Countries Foster Better Innovation and Equality

Dec 14 2023
By Neil Lee, author of Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech EconomyI grew up in Oxford, England, sometimes called the City of Dreaming Spires and a place known for science and innovation. Most people see the city as a place of great economic success, but I’m not
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Q&A with Mona Sloane, Editor of New Co-Opting AI Book Series

Nov 01 2023
We’re thrilled to announce our new Co-Opting AI Book series, helmed by series editor Mona Sloane!Series Editor Mona SloaneCo-Opting AI will be a new series of compact books for readers to better understand the social dimension of AI. Co-opting the hype around so-called “artificial intelligen
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