One thing that's important to point out is that this kind of populism has a long and mixed history. It's part of this tradition of problematic anti-elitism where the elites are always the liberal class - the intellectuals, the professors,… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
A big factor is that the enthusiast camp's values are really rooted in Silicon Valley and in these supposedly new business models. But again, I think this such an interesting moment because things like the NSA revelations are really forcing… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect. The companies that provide… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
It's very complicated. There's been this broader mechanism, an industry, which wants people to use free services, from the old days of advertising-supported papers… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“Though it’s hard to believe now, newspapers were once the envy of the business world. Through the eighties and nineties, 20, 30, even 40… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Those who applaud social production and networked amateurism, the colorful cacophony that is the Internet, and the creative capacities of everyday people to produce… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“The rub is that over the intervening years we have somehow deceived ourselves into believing that this state of insecurity and inequity is a… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
There's something odd about telling people, artists, that they need to work for free to be pure while you're sitting there getting a salary… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“Instead of distinct old and new media, what we have is a complex cultural ecosystem that spans the analog and digital, encompassing physical places… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
I'd go to conference after conference and it would essentially be the talking points. Either pro or con. It's amazing how polarized the tech… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
We've been criticizing these superficial aspects, like whether we are all more distracted. We really need to articulate a defense, a critique, that merges… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
