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1/ On this season of “Crazy/Genius,” host @dkthomp dug into the theme of “unbreak the internet”—asking questions that investigated how the internet went from a utopian tool to a recipe for the upside-down.
2/ In episode one, @dkthomp asked what privacy even means in an age when consumers routinely give away their personal information: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
3/ In episode two, experts explained how pornography is blamed for a wide range of social calamities—but researchers are split on whether it’s a public-health crisis or a harmless outlet. @DrMartyKlein explains: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
4/ Episode three helped analyze why the web is such a fertile landscape for extremism. @dkthomp explores how the structure of social networks makes it easy for certain views to get traction, and how the far right has gotten so good at the internet. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
5/ Episode four was all about our new world of facial recognition, contrasting two communities under surveillance. Residents in an apartment complex in Brooklyn describe it as a “panopticon”; it’s also used to keep watch on the Muslim Uyghur population: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
6/ And then there are influencers. Those in the nascent profession are often mocked, but to @dkthomp, they represent the future of work—precarious, passionate, independent, and entrepreneurial: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
7/ Our penultimate episode was all about artificial intelligence and how it’s transforming every part of the criminal-justice system—from policing and bail to sentencing and parole. Could computers make the legal system more fair? Or more unjust? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
8/ One of this season’s big lessons is that no technology is what it seems. There is always bad with the good. Netflix epitomizes this dichotomy; it’s revolutionized not only the business of making movies and TV, but also how we watch. @FranklinLeonard: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
