Propomos uma forma de keynesianismo democrático. É necessário investimento público para a economia produzir a infraestrutura necessária para a democracia. Esse é o futuro da digitalização.
In education, as elsewhere, we should not oscillate between anachronistic technophobia and the blind faith which means handing over all our information, about children, their teachers and families, to multinational companies.
En educación, como en todo lo demás, proponemos un keynesianismo de la democracia. Que la inversión pública necesaria para reactivar la economía produzca infraestructuras para la democracia. Ese debería ser el futuro de la digitalización.
We are realising that the 'free' services we use online carry huge hidden costs. A totally administered society is being built from billions of moments of self-disclosure. Here Jonny LeRoy, the Head of Technology at ThoughtWorks North America, describes what's at stake, and how we can put an end t
I am a player in NewCo. I have to publicly abandon any position as an observer or independent analyst of Pierre Omidyar’s new venture in news. Out of the press box and onto the field.
New media like Buzzfeed has the potential to reinvigorate news consumption just as the Mirror did in the 20th century. Novel imagery can be incredibly powerful. If Buzzfeed invests properly in its images it could be the established media's worst nightmare.
Elinor Ostrom's studies of commons-based social organization have important lessons for those looking to develop new commons, online and elsewhere. Here Dan Hind sets out some key findings from her work, and sketches some of the implications.
A general truism about dealing with online trolls says never to give them the attention they crave. But the Internet isn't a murky realm us polite folks ignore, it's a constantly contested space. Let's use civility to slay the trolls.
As capitalist corporations have come to dominate the internet, is it possible to fulfil the genuine democratic potential of this technology within the context of the current economic crisis? A review of Robert McChesney’s new book Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against
In a study of Europe’s “subterranean politics,” Mary Kaldor’s team at the London School of Economics and Political Science, working with partners across Europe, has examined both new political parties and public protests, finding that all of these phenomena share not only opposition to austerity,
