In Formation Issue 3

Highlights from this Issue

01 The Panopticon

• My Toyota Ratted Me Out, by Rob Leathern
• How I Came to Drown, Smash, and Kill My Smartphone, by Anne L. Davis
• The In Formation Quarterly Privacy Report by Jon Callas
• Infrequently Asked Questions by Richard Gingras
• Future Shock Meets Forbidden Planet by Norm Meyrowitz
• Regulations Won’t Save You From Big Tech by Johnny Ryan
• Surveil at Scale by Oren Tversky

02 Peak Valley

• Style: From Tech to Bro by Brian Maggi and Paulina Borsook
• The Varieties of Silicon Valley Religious Experience by John Sundman
• The In Formation Interview: A.I. by Jan Schiffman
• Found on a Palo Alto Sidewalk by Paulina Borsook
• Who Wants Information to be Free? by Paulina Borsook
• Game of Thrones by Michael Temkin
• Steve Jobs and the Wizard of Ozy by Eugene Robinson
• Graphic Short Story: Shop Talk by Kingshuk Das

03 Apocalypse Now-ish

• Wheel of Misfortune by Miles Pomper and William Vaughn
• Designed to Deceive by William Vaughn
• Celebrating 75 Years of Techno-skepticism by Troy Dunham
• Point-Counterpoint by Derek Dunfield
• War Without Soldiers by William Dunfield
• Silicon Golem by Jim Albrecht
• Tech Makes Us Stupid by William Vaughn
• Doctor Siri Will See You Now by Andrea Chipman

04 Receding Reality

• Teenagers and the Electronic Brain by Julie Anderson
• Robo Rom-Com by Mike Trigg
• Future Retronyms of America by Oren Tversky
• Photo Essay: The Missing Mirror by Erick Pickersgill
• Social media is an addictive substance. Treat it like one. by Miju Han
• What Hath the iPhone Wrought? by David Kamp

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