Today at the MIT Media Lab’s Defiance conference, Jonathan Zittrain facilitated a conversation about the story of Galileo and what it means for our understanding of research and activism that violates deeply-held boundaries. Joining the conversation were Father Eric Salobir and Professor Maria Zuber. A lawyer, a priest and a […]
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Conspiracy thinking can take over our understanding of the world and immobilize our ability to create a better future. How does that work, and what can we do about it? Conspiracies are perfect for simple thinking, because a conspiracy by definition explains everything — @mashagessen #DefianceML pic.twitter.com/Io3rnf86OO — MIT Media […]
How is the FBI thinking about its relationship with bio hacking communities as they attempt to support innovation while also limit the risks from DIY biotech? “After 9/11 we had to defy our inheritance.” — Ed You, special agent at FBI. #DefianceML pic.twitter.com/RilUhErvaY — Pinar Yanardag (@PINguAR) July 21, 2017 […]
Online media is in a state of flux. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, so-called fake news – these are all recent developments that have radically altered the landscape of news and information online. We call this the “networked public sphere”, and the Media Cloud project was created to track and understand it. […]
This semester, the Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio was focused on youth media and gentrification. For this version of the course, we wanted to develop media projects that respond to the current political, cultural, economic, and environmental crisis with youth-led visions of a more just and creative future. We partnered with ZUMIX […]