Ezra Klein Archive: Tech
Our depressing robot overlords
That’s the topic du jour. As Paul Krugman writes, “the idea that modern technology eliminates only menial jobs, that well-educated workers are clear winners, may dominate popular discussion, but it’s actually decades out of date.” Increasingly, we’re learning that the...
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| March 7, 2011; 9:54 AM ET |
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'That is what it does'
I'm a big fan of Dropbox, a service that easily allows you to store large amounts of data in a folder you -- or others you give the password to -- can access from any computer connected to the Internet....
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| February 1, 2011; 10:23 AM ET |
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Column: Making the best of our invisibile infrastructure
You're probably reading this on junk. And I'm not talking about newsprint - industry woes aside, that's high-quality stuff. But if you're on a computer or an iPad, and you're not plugged into an Internet jack in the wall? Junk,...
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| January 10, 2011; 9:08 AM ET |
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Why I like reading about Silicon Valley
I've been reading and thinking more about the technology sector lately, in part because it's interesting and in part because it cultivates good habits of mind. In Washington, thinking is constrained by the routine experience of being unable to achieve...
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| December 10, 2010; 5:05 PM ET |
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Tim Wu on net neutrality
Tim Wu is a law professor at Columbia University, author of the (excellent) new book "The Master Switch" and chairman of the board of Free Press. Oh, and he coined the term "net neutrality" in 2003. He spoke to me...
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| December 3, 2010; 12:41 PM ET |
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Your brain -- and your search engine -- on Evernote
The declared topic of Stephen Johnson's "Where Good Ideas Come From" is innovation, and how it happens. I read the book as an investigation into how to think better, smarter and more efficiently. Saying things like "it's one of...
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| November 30, 2010; 11:00 AM ET |
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