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New Book Spring: A conversation amongst authors, on AI, tech, and society.

Join Dr. Kate Darling, and Dr. Kate Crawford and Jillian C. York (that’s me) on April 8 at 2pmPST/5pm EST/11pm CEST for a lively conversation, facilitated by Mathana, on artificial intelligence, technology, society, and the process of writing a book during a pandemic! LINK TO JOIN! Links to purchase:

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2021: A Tech-ish Reading List

Releasing a book during a pandemic is not an easy feat. Instead of fun book talks with champagne toasts, we’ll all be sitting in our living rooms toasting through the tubes on Zoom and the like. Though I’m looking forward to it—the press, the book talks, all of it—I can’t say I’m not a little […]

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Everything Old is New Part 2: Why Online Anonymity Matters

Updated 17 January 2021 Every few weeks or so, someone white dude suggests that the way to solve all of our online problems is to require users to submit ID verification and use their “real names,” ignoring years of research and commentary. This is what I like to call the White Man’s Gambit. I’ve advocated […]