“Instead of distinct old and new media, what we have is a complex cultural ecosystem that spans the analog and digital, encompassing… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
And of course the things that get the most attention online tend to be similar to those that succeeded under the old… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
I feel like we're stuck in the former mode of reacting because that's what gains traction in Washington. But I really believe… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the big myths about people growing up is that they are "digital natives;" that just because they've been raised with… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
There was all this enthusiasm about amateurism and the idea that people could now just make videos in their bedroom, or blog… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
We like to say the Internet is the ultimate library. But libraries are libraries because people come together and fund them through… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
One sad consequence of this is that people don't feel permitted to try understand Internet infrastructure, so I'm really grateful to groups… — 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… — 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… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
All the utopianism of the early days of the Internet seems to have dissipated. But I don't want us to lose that… — 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
