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When AirPods Start Talking for Us
Cultural and language connection isn’t something you wear. It’s something you earn.
Oct 24
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We Are Volunteers in Our Own Manipulation
The illusion of free will online depends on our willingness to play along.
Oct 15
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Room for Writers
We see a lot of flexing on the internet these days. My tiny hotel room in Vienna was the perfect reminder of what we actually need to be content and…
Sep 25
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Essay: The Platform at Udine
What an old man at a café in Udine, Italy taught me about grief, reinvention, and insistence on being alive.
Sep 23
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Algorithms Don’t Care About Your Mental Health: What the TikTok Deal Reveals About Control and Profit
Politicians in the US are packaging the takeover as “safety.” But without accountability and incentive shifts, the system will still profit from our…
Sep 22
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You May Not See This Post on Social Media — Because It’s About Women’s Health
When algorithms mistake women’s bodies for content violations, potentially life-saving medical truth disappears from social media feeds.
Jul 21
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When the innocence of school is lost
There's an innocence at Austrian schools that reminded me of what school was like when I was a kid in Colorado (albeit a long time ago.)
Jun 10
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Live Curious. Or Decline.
A modest manifesto for the last liberty.
May 28
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A Town That Nods: Notes from Karlovy Vary
The small village in western Czech Republic offers each visitor a story. If they pause to notice.
Apr 23
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Another App to Help Limit App Usage? Seriously? - Beating the Algorithm
Also this week: Listening bars are taking off in London, French prosecutors probe X over alleged algorithmic bias, and more.
Feb 13
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Ethical Tech vs. The ‘Cult of Innovation’: Startups That Refuse To Play the Big Tech Manipulation Game
There are painfully few choices today, but some companies are actually thinking about ethical design and user wellbeing.
Feb 7
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Teens Spend 25% of Their School Day on Smartphones - Beating the Algorithm
Also this week: Facebook's "Memories" have a downside for survivors of trauma. Majority of teens have lost trust in Big Tech. The Mona Lisa is getting…
Feb 4
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L.A. Fatzinger
Entrepreneur and novelist. Author of the psychological thriller ‘The Salzburg Executioner’. I write about power, morality, and the unseen systems—algorithms, histories, and myths—that shape our culture and lives.
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