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Jason Rhode

Jason Rhode is a writer from West Texas. He has been published by Paste Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Comics Journal, and Monkeybicycle. He appeared on an April 2011 episode of Jeopardy, and one day he will command all the good lads in Eastcheap. Follow him on Twitter at @iamthemaster.

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The next Great American Novel will be a video game

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How lasers became synonymous with cool

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Why Silicon Valley wants to privatize your genealogy

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Politicians and media don’t understand how hacking works

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The right-wing politics of the “Singularity”

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The real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday

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Robots, produced by Knightscope, are intended to assist in crime prevention and law enforcement. (Getty/Rob Lever)

What tech calls “AI” isn’t really AI

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Memo to CEOs: My city is not a “brand”

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The religious creed of Silicon Valley

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Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are the new Manhattan Project

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“The Fountainhead” of the 21st Century: Walter Isaacson’s “Steve Jobs”

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Why the Internet of Things is designed for corporations, not consumers

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Why not everything should be controlled by voice

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Apple’s biggest innovation isn’t gadgets. It’s dodging taxes

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The FCC sold us out to Big Telecom

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