Big Tech, Out-of-Control Capitalism and the End of Civilization

Image credit: Mimi Haddon Getty Images. Article by John Horgan on October 7, 2020.

A new documentary, The Social Dilemma, warns that the harm wreaked by digital technologies is outweighing the benefits

My girlfriend, “Emily,” is always telling me I have to read this or watch that. I usually resist. I have my own obsessions to indulge, like quantum mechanics . What’s annoying is that her recommendations, when I grudgingly comply with them, often turn out […]

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