Opinion ‘Trapped in a code’ – the fight over our algorithmic future We grudgingly tolerate algorithms that predict our cultural consumption – but applying them to exam results has highlighted our unease about how algorithms override individuality. By David Beer / 21 Aug 2020
Home Can we really change the tech sector? A review of Wendy Liu’s ‘Abolish Silicon Valley’ By David Beer / 28 May 2020
Home We need to change who can analyse our data – as well as who owns it Building a digital commons will require new rules to govern data analytics, as well as new models of ownership. By David Beer / 17 Jun 2019
Home Facebook’s new currency is an attempt to create a platform we never leave 'GlobalCoin' will allow Facebook to harvest data about transactions that would previously have occurred outside its ever expanding walls. By David Beer / 27 May 2019
Cultural politics The oppressiveness of creativity Has capitalism co-opted our creative juices? A review of Oli Mould’s new book ‘Against Creativity.’ By David Beer / 30 Oct 2018
