“Those seeking political and economic change should consider embracing art. Part of our role as citizens is to look more closely at… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“The privacy issue was reignited in early 2014, when the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook had conducted a massive social-science experiment on nearly… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“If Facebook becomes my primary source of news, with the ability to filter what I see, then the civic square will no longer exist.… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“The stunning thing about a zero-marginal-cost digital distribution system is that we forget that it could allow artists to run a nonprofit distribution cooperative… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“Huxley’s assertion was that technology would lead to passivity. The ease with which we could consume mind-numbing entertainments and distractions would ultimately rot our… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“The first question that needs to be asked is why we are so willing to surrender our labor and our personal data for free… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“The effect of Amazon’s monopsony in the book business is to constantly force authors and publishers to work for less money. In Bork’s view,… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“Those seeking political and economic change should consider embracing art. Part of our role as citizens is to look more closely at the media… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“Contrary to what techno-determinists want us to believe, inequality is not the inevitable by-product of technology and globalization or even the lopsided distribution of… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“Dear Alexis, Last week at our debate, I talked about the essential unfairness that my friend and colleague Levon Helm had to continue to… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“the fact that his businesses were built on copyright theft (Napster) and deep consumer surveillance (Facebook) leads us to question what exactly these attention… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“So assuming one could argue that Google is a monopoly and needs to enter into a consent decree, would the Bell Labs model work?… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
“Between the passage of the ITFA and 2015, Amazon essentially managed to wipe out the local bookstore and, to some extent, the local record… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
