Slow Build by Nancy Scola

Slow Build by Nancy Scola

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Political identity, with Lilliana Mason
“Most political behavior is happening online,” says the Johns Hopkins University political scientist, “and we can’t see it because it's proprietary.”
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People-centered data, with Jer Thorp
"Each of these numbers is tethered to something in the real world — and often those real world things are people."
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Polarization, with Daniel Kreiss
“It’s a lazy way of thinking about the world” argues the UNC professor, when the real issues are “power, status, white supremacy.”
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Leaving Facebook, with Matt Perault
"It would have felt inauthentic to me to wake up the morning after…and be like, 'Those f____kers, what a terrible company.'"
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Why government's still struggling with digital, with Jen Pahlka
“It’s not really technology.”
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The lost opportunity of online politics, with Micah Sifry
“We didn’t anticipate how much capital could adapt.”
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The geography of technology, with Margaret O’Mara
“The secret of Silicon Valley since the very beginning has been stay-at-home wives." (Plus, productivity tools!)
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How Popular Information’s Judd Legum holds Facebook’s feet to the fire
And why it's so damn hard
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