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Real Startups, Fake Stuff, and Pirated Property

New Books on Silicon Valley, Synthetic Biology, and Digital Copyright Law

In The Six-Point Inspection, Zócalo takes a quick look at new books that are changing the way we see our world.

October 3, 2012

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Fake News Won’t Kill Democracy

Digital Journalism Is Challenging Journalists and Society, but There Are Reasons to Be Hopeful for the Future

By Joe Mathews|November 18, 2016

The world now confronts a bitter irony: the democratization of information has proven not to be all that good for democracy.

That provocative observation, offered by moderator and Zócalo Public Square …

The Takeaway

How Can Inventors Respond to the Real-World Effects of Their Inventions?

A More Holistic Approach to the Field Can Make Technology Better for Society

How Can Inventors Respond to the Real-World Effects of Their Inventions? | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian
by Sara Suárez |April 14, 2021

What is it like to be an inventor? Are inventors responsible for the societal ramifications of their creations? And how could a more holistic approach to innovation lead future scientists …

Essay

Forget Girls and Guns, We Love James Bond Because He Always Triumphs Over Machines

The Suave Character Soothes Our Anxieties About the Power of Humans in an Increasingly Technological World

Forget Girls and Guns, We Love James Bond Because He Always Triumphs Over Machine | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian
by André Millard |July 11, 2019

Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels have been enjoyed by a global audience since the 1950s, and the films constitute the longest running and most profitable franchise in the history of …

Up For Discussion

How We Whippersnappers Read Now

The Next Generation Of Readers Explain Their Approach To Words in the Digital Age

May 8, 2012

 

At UC Irvine, students in the class “Narratives in a Digital Age,” taught by journalist and assistant professor in the literary journalism department Erika Hayasaki, are discussing the future of …


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