New Design Congress publishes long-form research reports and essays on the political and social consequences of digital technology, including digital identity, technocratic authoritarianism and digital memory. Readers get critical, well-sourced analysis aimed at civil society, technologists and researchers.
Website: https://newdesigncongress.org
Essays and research from Princeton-affiliated authors arguing that AI is a transformative but normal technology rather than a path to superintelligence. Issues cover AI agent evaluation, the economics of automation versus augmentation, and a critical look at the AI safety movement.
Essays and talk notes on the AT Protocol (Atmosphere) ecosystem and on rebuilding online information networks so that ordinary people have agency. It draws on thinkers like Ursula Franklin and on natural history metaphors to argue for decentralized, socially grounded infrastructure.
Long-form essays that examine technology and elder care, pseudoscientific healing claims, and health misinformation, often as multi-part series. Each piece uses cultural references, cited sources and historical cases to argue for a position.
A personal newsletter of essays and book reviews on technology, labour, gender, and the social side of science and tech. Readers get reflective, first-person writing that draws on academic training to question assumptions about how technologies shape everyday life and work.
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