Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Atlantic

    Tech Was Supposed to Be Society’s Great Equalizer. What Happened?

    In a special bonus episode of the podcast Crazy/Genius, the computer scientist and data journalist Meredith Broussard explains how “technochauvinism” derailed the dream of the digital revolution.
    by Derek Thompson Sep 30, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Wikimedia Commons

    Subscribe to Crazy/Genius: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play

    Historians may look back at the early 21st century as the Gilded Age 2.0. Not since the late 1800s has the U.S. been so defined by the triad of rapid technological change, gaping economic inequality, and sudden social upheaval.

    Ironically, the digital revolution was supposed to be an equalizer. The early boosters of the Internet sprang from the counterculture of the 1960s

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Atlantic

    The Atlantic8 min readAmerican Government
    The Most Consequential Recent First Lady
    This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The most consequential first lady of modern times was Melania Trump. I know, I know. We are supposed to believe it was Hillary Clinton, with her unbaked cookies
    The Atlantic3 min readCrime & Violence
    Donald Trump’s ‘Fraudulent Ways’ Cost Him $355 Million
    A New York judge fined Donald Trump $355 million today, finding “overwhelming evidence” that he and his lieutenants at the Trump Organization made false statements “with the intent to defraud.” Justice Arthur Engoron’s ruling in the civil fraud case
    The Atlantic7 min readAmerican Government
    The Americans Who Need Chaos
    This is Work in Progress, a newsletter about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here. Several years ago, the political scientist Michael Bang Petersen, who is based in Denmark, wanted to understand why peop

    Related Books & Audiobooks