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Posted inBusiness & Tech, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

The Digital Security Threat Inside Jameson Rich’s Body

by Krista Stevens November 26, 2020October 19, 2022

“It’s a feeling instead of living as a guinea pig for an opaque set of private interests, and a feeling that I can’t trust an industry that would ever put unsecure devices inside patients in the first place.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 20, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Sarah Zhang, Jameson Rich, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Tristan McConnell, and Merritt Mecham.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 13, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Melissa del Bosque, Marta Martinez, Kiese Laymon, Jill Damatac, and Nehmat Kaur.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

‘Social Media Managers Are First Responders’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 11, 2020October 19, 2022

“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 10, 2020October 19, 2022

“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Popular Online Learning Platform Was Actually Created by an Underground Religious ‘Cult’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 13, 2020October 19, 2022

OneZero investigates remote learning platform Acellus and its cult leader, Roger Billings, who has been accused of violence and abuse.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘It’s An iPad, Not An usPad’: Douglas Rushkoff on Digital Isolation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 2, 2020October 19, 2022

“There’s no Dropbox plan that will let us upload body and soul to the cloud. We are still here on the ground, with the same people and on the same planet we are being encouraged to leave behind.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 1, 2020October 19, 2022

“There’s no Dropbox plan that will let us upload body and soul to the cloud. We are still here on the ground, with the same people and on the same planet we are being encouraged to leave behind.” Author and media theorist Douglas Rushkoff asks: how much are we allowed to use technology and our […]

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