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Keith A. Spencer is a social critic and author. Previously a senior editor at Salon, he writes about capitalism, science, labor and culture, and published a book on how Silicon Valley is destroying the world. Keep up with his writing on Twitter, Facebook, or Substack.

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The authoritarianism at the heart of influencer culture

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Study: Gen Z, Millennials are embarrassed about being narcissists

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (center) joins other employees in ringing the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the ride-hailing company Uber makes its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on May 10, 2019 in New York City. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

No matter how much Uber exploits its workers, it still can’t make money

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Two young men in the boot of a car after hitching a lift home from the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, August 1969. (Getty Images/Three Lions)

Why millennials will miss Boomers when they’re gone

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Stockwell (www.stockwell.ai)

Silicon Valley makes everything worse: Four industries that Big Tech has ruined

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The video game industry’s next sinister “innovation”? Letting children gamble

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Dean Preston (Getty/Heidi Alletzhauser/Salon)

Why San Francisco supervisor candidate Dean Preston is embracing the “democratic socialist” label

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William Barr; Robert Mueller; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Mueller doesn’t agree with Barr’s assessment that Trump is exonerated: Report

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Evolution of the human face points to a non-violent past

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Revenge of the nerd-kings: Why some in Silicon Valley are advocating for monarchy

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Google employees hold up signs during a walkout rally at Harry Bridges Plaza, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP/Eric Risberg)

Silicon Valley, once a bastion of libertarianism, sees a budding socialist movement

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The first image of a black hole. (The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration et al.)

Humanity’s 236-year path to seeing a black hole

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"Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It" By Susan Crawford (Yale University Press/Getty/noLimit46)

Big Telecom companies are suppressing fast internet

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What do Uber and sugar daddies have in common?

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Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, speaks during an Apple product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. (Getty/Michael Short)

Pay us forever: Apple wants you to rent your life from them

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"The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet" By James Griffiths (Getty/Zed Books)

How the “Great Firewall” extends beyond China

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Inside the sordid world of “Meth Tumblr”

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The unsubtle sexism of the “Anti-Vax Mom” meme

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Ja Rule and Billy McFarland in "Fyre" (Netflix)

For millions of workers, Fyre Festival is a familiar tale

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential bid announcement imminent: report

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"Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" (Netflix) (Netflix)

Mired in self-referential cliche, “Bandersnatch” can’t transcend its form

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Live Work Work Work Die by Corey Pein; Surveillance Valley by Yasha Levine; Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Metropolitan Books/PublicAffairs/Penguin Random House/Getty)

Best tech books of 2018 for people who despise the tech industry

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Best of 2018: Aliens at the dinner table

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"A People's History of Silicon Valley" by Keith A. Spencer (Eyewear Publishing/AP/Mark Lennihan)

Why “platforms” like Tumblr are a totalitarian threat

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