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Programming languages come with sorting functions by default. We can often do much better. For example, Downs has showed that…
Daniel Lemire| April 9, 2021
If you look at the roster of the Biden-Harris transition team, it’s quickly apparent that the incoming administration is tech-forward. Given the systematic dismantlement...zephoria From Apophenia | December 16, 2020 at 10:55 AM
In 2015, I was invited to join the Commerce Department’s Data Advisory Council. Truth be told, I was kinda oblivious to what this was all about. I didn’t know much...zephoria From Apophenia | March 2, 2020 at 05:07 PM
I was recently honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Alongside Oakland Privacy and William Gibson, I received a 2019 Barlow/Pioneer Award. I was asked...zephoria From Apophenia | September 15, 2019 at 06:12 PM
(This post was originally posted on Medium.) For the second time in a week, my phone buzzed with a New York Times alert, notifying me that another celebrity had...zephoria From Apophenia | June 20, 2018 at 09:26 PM
(Joan Donovan and I wrote the following op-ed for The Guardian.) When confronted with white supremacists, newspaper editors should consider ‘strategic silence’...zephoria From Apophenia | June 1, 2018 at 09:39 PM
The below original text was the basis for Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd’s March 2018 SXSW Edu keynote,“What Hath We Wrought?” — Ed. Growing up...zephoria From Apophenia | March 9, 2018 at 08:30 PM
(This was originally posted on NewCo Shift.) A friend of mine worked for an online dating company whose audience was predominantly hetero 30-somethings. At some...zephoria From Apophenia | February 12, 2018 at 08:32 PM
Flickr: Jan Hoffman (This was originally posted on NewCo Shift) Ever since key Apple investors challenged the company to address kids’ phone addiction, I’ve gotten...zephoria From Apophenia | January 24, 2018 at 08:33 PM
(This was originally posted on Medium) If you ever hear that implementing algorithmic decision-making tools to enable social services or other high stakes government...zephoria From Apophenia | January 11, 2018 at 08:35 PM
Amazon Fulfillment Center, CC Scottish Government The following is a transcript of my lightning talk at The People’s Disruption: Platform Co-Ops for Global Challenges...zephoria From Apophenia | November 20, 2017 at 08:35 PM
Excerpt from “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine,” Sergey Brin and Larry Page (April 1998) What follows is the crib from my keynote at...zephoria From Apophenia | October 4, 2017 at 09:37 PM
In March 2013, in a flurry of days, I decided to start a research institute. I’d always dreamed of doing so, but it was really my amazing mentor and boss – Jennifer...zephoria From Apophenia | September 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM
I left the Media Lab 15 years ago this week. At the time, I never would’ve predicted that I learned one of the most useful skills in my career there: demo-or-die...zephoria From Apophenia | August 1, 2017 at 09:50 PM
We need: Recognition, Repentance, Respect, and Reparation. To be honest, what surprises me most about the current conversation about the inhospitable nature of...zephoria From Apophenia | July 5, 2017 at 03:55 PM
I was 19 years old when a some configuration of anonymous people came after me. They got access to my email and shared some of the most sensitive messages on an...zephoria From Apophenia | March 3, 2017 at 04:19 PM
… And Why We Need a Hacker Mindset I am surrounded by people who are driven by good intentions. Educators who want to inform students, who passionately believe...zephoria From Apophenia | February 15, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Yesterday, Steve Bannon clearly articulated what many people have felt and known for quite some time when he told journalists, “You’re the opposition party. Not...zephoria From Apophenia | January 27, 2017 at 11:54 AM
The United States has always been a diverse but segregated country. This has shaped American politics profoundly. Yet, throughout history, Americans have had to...zephoria From Apophenia | January 10, 2017 at 08:15 AM
Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are calling for an increased...zephoria From Apophenia | January 9, 2017 at 08:13 AM
For most non-technical folks, “hacking” evokes the notion of using sophisticated technical skills to break through the security of a corporate or government system...zephoria From Apophenia | January 6, 2017 at 04:12 AM