New Republic
Contributing editor at the New Republic and author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom and To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism; former visiting scholar at Stanford University and the New America Foundation; (2010-2012); former fellow at the Open Society Institute (2008-2009); former blogger for Foreign Policy magazine
What Big Data Means for Your Life, Now and in the Future Netflix used Big Data to determine that 27 million subscribers would like the series House of Cards , starring Kevin Spacey. Yahoo used Big Data to require employees to come into the office rather than working from home. Google is using Big Data to develop self-driving cars. But, what is Big Data? Is it more than a powerful tool? Could it change the way people think? We hear how Netflix developed House of Cards and look at the risks as well as the benefits of a constantly expanding avalanche of information… about us.
Regulating the Internet: How Much Is Too Much? Last week, the Federal Communications Commission adopted its first-ever regulations for the Internet , rules meant to ensure equal access to the flow of cyberspace. But the new rules are already being criticized for not going far enough. "Net neutrality" may prove to be an elusive goal, just as many of the other promises of the Internet age have failed to be fully realized. Do we need more regulation of the Internet or less? Has the web really allowed democracy to flourish around the world or have repressive governments turned it to their advantage? Two decades on, has the Internet lived up to early hopes that it would be a force for good?
Regulating the Internet: How Much Is Too Much? Last week, the Federal Communications Commission adopted its first-ever regulations for the Internet , rules meant to ensure equal access to the flow of cyberspace. But the new rules are already being criticized for not going far enough. "Net neutrality" may prove to be an elusive goal, just as many of the other promises of the Internet age have failed to be fully realized. Do we need more regulation of the Internet or less? Has the web really allowed democracy to flourish around the world or have repressive governments turned it to their advantage? Two decades on, has the Internet lived up to early hopes that it would be a force for good?
Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
