Class Quote by Astra Taylor

“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 openness and transparency.”

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“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…

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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…

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