…better than me—some hackers can have a big ego; why not just come up with a different name? GC: True, they want recognition for their work. LFB: Just like writers….

…philosophically insurmountable for AI. In recent years, however, technologists have found a new workaround to the limits of AI. The “human computation” movement in computer science has advocated for “leveraging…

…to be exercised and protected. It is the precondition for privacy, and a key enabler for any fundamental freedom of expression. While the security industry is becoming increasingly dependent—both financially…

…coalition was Hermann Scheer, the member of Parliament chiefly responsible for devising new legislation promoting renewable energy. Scheer believed that beyond benefits for the economy and the environment, the promotion…

…top. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you….

…Plato’s philosopher-kings’s rule is based on their knowledge of the “Forms.” Knowledge of the Form of the Good allows for knowledge of all observable things as worldly manifestations of the…

…of henotheistically constituted lattice of future identity archives serving as the platform layer for the state and for finance. In July, I heard stories of a “secret” pact between Modi…

…that would enjoy a long and successful career in twentieth-century psychology) and the tendency towards “scapegoating”. The changes in the groups as they moved back and forth between democratic and…

…interconnected with national water and power networks. The major reservoirs that provide water for shipping, Gatun Lake and Alajuela Lake, supply most of the potable water for the nearly 2…

…formerly reserved for insiders. In the absence of a clear understanding of how leaks land in particular instances and what factors inform their reception, some have been tempted to see…

…as a smallpox therapy. Commercial drug makers have had vaccines and drugs for smallpox and Ebola in their pipelines for some time, but the market has tended to be too…

…circles (red for high spending, shades of orange and gold for moderate, green and blue for low). Over these ponds of color a neat honeycomb lattice was superimposed, each of…

…piece was then logged, coded for dozens of different movement qualities, and entered into a database for further analysis. “Choreometric coding sheets,” From the Alan Lomax Collection at the American…

…frontiers has been a dramatic factor in the Ebola outbreak. Frontiers, though largely irrelevant to kinship and social networks, stimulated the opportunistic movement of people (for trade or protection, for…

…timestamp of its creation, output frequency, a status code, and—most significant, for the question of archivesthe value of the previous output, the most recent random broadcast. This collection of data…

…suing the NYPD for intimidation. Schoolcraft’s claims were bolstered by further research, when Eterno and Silverman (2010), a former cop and a sociologist, designed a survey in which retired officers…

…is the alternation between speaking and silence. This alternation occurs not only between spaces—the lab or public space—but also between concerns. The concern in the laboratory is the delicate process…

…be good publicity for a product so concerned with the promoting dignity. The fire tests raised a number of questions. Is this a “slightly” Better Shelter? Or is it “sometimes”…

…for how to cook these vegetables. This became a subject of joke between the amapiens of La Ferme du Soleil, who exchange recipes to cope with the bumper crop! Since…

…public but highly controlled environment of the supermarket a surreptitious, clandestine channel of communication between consumers. The food product becomes a vehicle for delivering unsanctioned messages, and the act of…

…Wikileaks, had just caused a major political firestorm by releasing 220 leaked confidential diplomatic cables, and these companies were targeted by #operationpayback for refusing to accept donations to Wikileaks. For…

…plans and left implementation to civic intermediaries: city officials, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector (Wiig 2015b:263). IBM provided the consultation for free; the city was responsible for funding, staffing,…

…its original state within forty minutes. For this, the sentencing recommendation from pre-trial services was 7 ½ years, the government asked for 5, and the judge gave him 2. Again,…

…lines between market making and the public good, enacted through infrastructure, come to the fore and change the terrain on which Kenyans can make claims for services, redistribution, and recognition….