THE LATEST ARTICLES
Baratunde Thurston
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January 8, 2023
TikTok on the Clock
What happens to the creator economy if the world’s most important new social platform is banned in the United States? We may be about to find out.
Baratunde Thurston
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December 22, 2022
Have We Reached Peak Elon?
Holiday predictions from across Silicon Valley, on the passing of Twitter, a new low for web3, Meta vs. Apple, and the true dawn of A.I.
Baratunde Thurston
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December 12, 2022
Is the Next Tina Fey a Bot?
The rise of ChatGPT suggests how artificial intelligence is coming for the arts.
Baratunde Thurston
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November 27, 2022
The Post-Twitter Promised Land
We all complain incessantly about the world’s most infamous microblogging platform—hate speech, divisiveness, stupidity, bots—so what’s the future of the digital town square, post-Elon rule?
Baratunde Thurston
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November 13, 2022
Musk Fast and S.B.F. Things
A mantra of an age, as emblemized by the Zuckerberg generation of Silicon Valley megastars, meets its fitting conclusion with extraordinary speed in a week.
Baratunde Thurston
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October 30, 2022
When It All Falls Down
Some thoughts on the artist formerly known as Kanye West. And Mark Zuckerberg, too.
Baratunde Thurston
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October 14, 2022
Rethinking Democracy After L.A.’s Racism Scandal
Solidarity is complicated, especially in politics. But the trials of the last week also offer opportunities to move beyond zero-sum thinking at a time when faith in our democratic process could use a reboot.
Baratunde Thurston
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August 7, 2022
Jan. 6 & Modern Memory
A conversation with Tina Nguyen on the past, present and future of the far right.
Baratunde Thurston
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May 15, 2022
The Real Tragedy of Samuel Alito’s Logic
The Justice’s search for Constitutional validation to support his anti-abortion ruling is another sign that the arc of the American experiment doesn’t always bend toward justice—and that not every institution is focused on closing the gap between our country’s promise and what we actually deliver for our citizens.
Baratunde Thurston
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April 21, 2022
How Twitter Became Twitter
Twitter, which was once a peer with Facebook, is now 1/15th its size, and its most fastidious user is trying to take it private, while everyone—Democrats, Republicans, mom-fluencers, journalists—hates the damn thing despite their own contrary addictions. Herewith, an anatomy of a social media tragedy.
