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Does Santa Exist? A Chat with Eric Kaplan (Transcript)

Jan 19, 2015

Jonathan Zittrain: This is Jonathan Zittrain speaking. I’m on the line, wherever that is, with one Eric Kaplan, author of “Does Santa Exist? A Philosophical Investigation,” a book that I had the pleasure of reading and that Eric had the burden of writing—and we thought we would talk about it for a little bit. So, […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 4: Concluding Thoughts)

May 31, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 3: (Un)supervised Algorithms)

May 29, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 2: the Extension of Branding)

May 27, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]

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Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 1: A/B Testing)

May 22, 2013

In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for […]

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The Future of the Internet: Five Years Later

Apr 1, 2013

In 2008, The Future of the Internet called attention to a “sea change” in the way consumer devices interact with the Internet. “The future is not one of generative PCs attached to a generative network,” the book warns; “it is instead one of sterile appliances tethered to a network of control.” In response to the […]

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@ruchowdh @BKCHarvard Welcome — delighted to be working together!

About 2 weeks ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@restoreorderusa @AlecMacGillis I mean, points 2 and 3 don’t even make any sense! How would anyone know if a cited article has been read, and by whom? Did they survey readers and ask them? And does it add up that 50% of all articles (whether cited or not) aren’t read, while *80%* of cited articles aren’t read? pic.twitter.com/876e4vfdJ0

Last month from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@restoreorderusa @AlecMacGillis I guess it’s fitting that the eye-opening statistics here are sourced to a news article that in turn cites to a non-peer-reviewed op-ed that in turn cites to … nothing, with no methodology for how these numbers are arrived at. Truly no real basis (so far) to believe them.

Last month from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@byrdinator @MattGlassman312 Fascinating. Would these amendments be entertained before or after any conferencing with the Senate to reconcile differences? If after, there’s danger of infinite amendment loops. If not, won’t the few members in conference get the last word before a final up-or-down vote?

About a month ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@bendreyfuss It does happen every so often. This incident was so brazen that Congress later reversed the provision. The staffer who quietly put the amendment in is now the CEO of the RIAA. salon.com/2000/08/28/wor… pic.twitter.com/mAW3InOECq

About a month ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone



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