From The Ground Up: A Response to Astroturfing | Kevin Johnson
“How do you make decisions in an increasingly complex world?” “Real or Fake?” “What has been done?” These questions, posted on the endless void...
Blackstar: Trolled by the Goblin King
On November 19, 2015, I fell in love with a song that had just been posted on YouTube. Accompanied by a surrealist 10-minute music...
Knife Fight in the Garden of Comments and Criticism
The avenues of the internet are lined on either side by buildings—some of majesty, constructed by award-winning journalists, others busted and bruised. Click bait...
Overhyped and Underwhelming
Do me a favor and think back to the year 2001. The Time Magazine “Person of the Year” was Rudy Giuliani. Lifehouse, Train, Matchbox...
The Portrait of a Cyber Bully | Emily Miller
I have remarked more than once that I feel really grateful to have come of age before smart phones, texting, social media, and (to...
Jerry Saltz: The First & Greatest Post-Internet Troll-Critic of Them All
It’s March 31, 2014, #JerrySaltz is #trending and I am not sure you get the magnitude of this moment. Saltz is an art critic. Who...
You Spin Me Right ‘Round
The little aliens from Independence Day have always fascinated me. They’re the Russian stacking dolls of aliens. At first blush, they seem like tall,...