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What’s Up, WikiLeaks? And Other Data Dilemmas

Transparency isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

Data Breaches, Betrayals, and Broken Promises

We have more to lose than our personal information.

This Rant is for Social Scientists

Cognitive dissonance made me do it. If you want social justice, why do you let your research be locked up for profit?

Weapons of Math Destruction: The Dark Side of Big Data

Big data is being secretly wielded in ways that increase inequality and unaccountability, and a former quant can tell you want it all means – most entertainingly.

Leaky Logic

Reporting based on leaks requires weighing the public's need to know.

A Teaching Nightmare

I always have start-of-term nightmares. They're actually happening at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.

Living Inside the Internet

A review of Ingrid Burrington's new book, Networks of New York.

The Woes of Wikipedia

There's a lot to like about Wikipedia, but it's becoming a hostile place for many editors.