>"Building around the so-called typical user is a dangerous mistake."

>"No matter your project or field of endeavor, simulation is a useful tool for finding out what you don't know. In many cases, problems or issues aren't obvious _...Read More_

>"Hatred alone is not an American phenomenon—easy access to deadly weapons is."

>"In the increasingly lifelike worlds of VR, high numbers of users are experiencing hate speech and sexual harassment. How should these lawless spaces be _...Read More_

>"Some hope NFTs will democratize the elitist traditional art world, but so far they only reflect and crystallize the problems of the past."

>"Parenthood itself seems poised to become a victim of America's toxic politics."

>"The political establishment is volubly worried about peaceful protests outside the homes of antiabortion rights judges. But when arson, firebombing, and even murder are inflicted on abortion providers, it seldom seems even to notice."

>"Despite majority support for abortion rights, we failed to build a majority coalition to defend reproductive freedom. We should honestly assess our failures — and then build a movement that ties together labor, feminists, and health _...Read More_

>"When the news gets appalling enough, Valley will show you the grotesquerie, and make you feel it."

>"Eli Valley is one of the best American cartoonists and the political elite can’t stand his viral comics that pack a punch."

>"How algorithmic feeds conflate identity with diagnosis"

>"Sci-fi enables us to think about science and religion as mutually supportive elements of what it means to be human."

>"In an attempt to win votes, Denmark’s major parties have mainstreamed far-right ideas and stoked a reactionary political climate in the country. The result: right-wing extremists have been emboldened to terrorize minorities and attack _...Read More_

"The Victorian roots of facial recognition"

>"Scenes on the way to a war."