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Ben Tarnoff

Ben Tarnoff’s most recent book is Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future. He works in the tech industry. (September 2023)

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A Marx for All Seasons

“An Internet dominated by the profit motive is also an Internet that violates our privacy, amplifies right-wing propaganda, and intensifies various kinds of social inequalities.”

September 16, 2023

Better, Faster, Stronger

Two recent books illuminate the dark foundations of Silicon Valley.

The Philosopher of Palo Alto: Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the Original Internet of Things

by John Tinnell

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

by Malcolm Harris

September 21, 2023 issue

In the Hothouse

If Elon Musk kills Twitter, what will he have killed?

November 11, 2022

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