The Plutopia team discusses data-center opposition, the uncertain AI boom, political chaos, public health, and an increasingly unreliable media.
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Finn Myrstad explains how Big Tech exploits our data and attention—and how stronger rules could help us reclaim the internet.
Peter Wang, Anaconda’s co-founder and Chief AI Innovation Officer, argues that AI’s greatest dangers are less likely to resemble a violent science-fiction takeover than an unobtrusive erosion of human autonomy…
Dr. Leonie Tanczer discusses how smartphones, connected household devices, surveillance tools, location trackers and AI can be repurposed to facilitate domestic abuse, allowing perpetrators to monitor, manipulate and intimidate victims…
Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case argues that technology should quietly support human life rather than dominate our attention. Contrasting clock-driven “Chronos” time with meaningful “Kairos” time, she explains how smartphones, unstable…
In this Plutopia News Network interview, Dallas, Texas counselor and longtime LGBTQ advocate Candy Marcum reflects on more than four decades of providing affirming mental health care, her activism during…
The Plutopia News Network team takes a wide-ranging look at the changing political landscape in Texas, using Jon Lebkowsky’s experience as a delegate to the Texas Democratic Convention as a…
Peter Richardson discusses Brand New Beat, his history of Rolling Stone’s first decade and its roots in San Francisco counterculture and music scene.
Hugh Forrest reflects on four decades helping shape South by Southwest and the challenges of scaling creative communities without losing authenticity.
Award-winning medical journalist Deborah Cohen examines how social media algorithms, influencers, wellness brands, and AI tools transformed the way people find and evaluate health information.
