Thread by @ezraklein

Part of the reason I moved from DC to Oakland is it no longer felt like I could understand what the hell was happening to politics if I didn’t get a better handle on tech.

So many of today's politics stories are actually stories about how technology is changing politics.

I don’t think Trump, Sanders, or AOC would’ve had the rises they’ve had without Twitter. I don’t think old theories of how parties work, the role money plays, or how the media makes coverage decisions, hold now that political communication is social, algorithmic, and viral.

And it's not just politics. Life is just what we pay attention to. And what we pay attention to, increasingly, are screens.

Understanding why that is, what it's doing to us, and whether anything can or should be done about it, is a central question of our age.

So I’m thrilled that Vox and Recode are joining forces. Here’s a letter from me and the legend @KaraSwisher describing our plans. vox.com/recode/2019/5/…

And here’s a killer piece from @ranimolla on one of my favorite topics: How Slack entered our offices promising to cut email and make everyone more productive, and instead it’s become a hellscape of chatter that makes it harder to ever escape work. vox.com/recode/2019/5/…

And on the list of stories that are important and way, way undercovered, here's @teddyschleifer on how Silicon Valley is awash in, and shaped by, Saudi and Russian cash: vox.com/recode/2019/5/…

Here’s @KaraSwisher arguing that, on the internet, “If it appears as if the forces of evil are winning here, it is because they are.” vox.com/recode/2019/5/…

And here I am with a profile of @RepRoKhanna, Congressman from Silicon Valley and cochair of the Sanders campaign.

Is there a liberalism that can rep both Sanders and the tech billionaires? Or do you have to choose a side? vox.com/recode/2019/5/…

And there is so, so much more to come.