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Opinion

What Today’s Tech Leaders Can Learn From 1850s San Francisco

Rather than decamp during tough times, the business community founded institutions in that decade which still form the civic backbone of the city today.
Jan. 25, 2021 9:02 AM PST · 3 comments
By
Roddy Lindsay
Lindsay is a co-founder of Hustle and a former Facebook data scientist.
Illustration by Mike Sullivan
Opinion
Facebook

How to Curb Tech Executives’ Power

There are structural changes that could make net neutrality’s demise less troubling.
By
Roddy Lindsay
Lindsay is a co-founder of Hustle and a former Facebook data scientist.
Jan. 18, 2021 6:01 AM PST · 16 comments
Illustration by Mike Sullivan
Opinion
Facebook

Let’s Not Celebrate the Platforms for Kicking Trump Off

As a former insider at social media companies, I can attest their action is not the result of sudden virtue but rather of a lack of moral fortitude for years.
By
Mark S. Luckie
Luckie is a writer and former media partnerships manager at Twitter, Facebook and Reddit.
Jan. 10, 2021 1:01 PM PST · 18 comments
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Opinion
Facebook Apple

Apple Should Win Its Intensifying Battle With Facebook

It’s doing the right thing by requiring users to opt in to broad tracking.
By
Dave Edwards
Edwards is co-founder of Sonder Studio and a former Apple product marketing director.
Dec. 24, 2020 6:00 AM PST · 20 comments
Illustration by Jesús Escudero
The Underside of Silicon Valley’s Co-Founder Mantra
By Tracy Chou · Dec. 1, 2020 9:02 AM PST · 10 comments
Illustration by Jesús Escudero
Opinion
Venture Capital Startups

The Underside of Silicon Valley’s Co-Founder Mantra

The unchallenged dogma of tech investors is one structural reason why a shockingly small number of female entrepreneurs get funding.
By
Tracy Chou
Chou is the founder and CEO of Block Party.
Dec. 1, 2020 9:02 AM PST · 10 comments
Illustration by Jesse Howe
Opinion
Facebook

Facebook Has a Recipe For Better Social Media. Why Isn’t The Company Using It?

Surveying users to train its algorithms has enormous promise, if only Facebook would risk taking a short-term hit in order to be more socially responsible.
By
Roddy Lindsay
Lindsay is a co-founder of Hustle and a former Facebook data scientist.
Nov. 27, 2020 6:00 AM PST · 11 comments
Illustration by Jeremie Claeys
Opinion

To Regulate Social Media, Forget Net Neutrality

Under the Biden administration, we risk reruns of past telco battles when what we need is new focus on internet-specific issues and a government agency to oversee them.
By
Roddy Lindsay
Lindsay is a co-founder of Hustle and a former Facebook data scientist.
Nov. 24, 2020 6:02 AM PST · 1 comment
Art by Mike Sullivan
Opinion

What Proposition 22 Now Makes Possible

California’s classification for gig workers provides a new model for labor in many industries.
By
Shawn Carolan
Carolan is a partner at Menlo Ventures, which was an early investor in Uber.
Nov. 10, 2020 10:23 AM PST · 4 comments
Art by Mike Sullivan
The Tech Giants’ Cultures Are Incompatible With Fixing the Societal Problems They’re Causing
By Yaël Eisenstat · Oct. 28, 2020 6:01 AM PDT · 8 comments
Art by Mike Sullivan
Opinion
Policy Google

The Tech Giants’ Cultures Are Incompatible With Fixing the Societal Problems They’re Causing

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter are rightly under fire for their role in...
By
Yaël Eisenstat
Ms. Eisenstat is the former head of Global Elections Integrity Operations for political advertising at Facebook.
Oct. 28, 2020 6:01 AM PDT · 8 comments
Art by Mike Sullivan
Opinion

To Fix Section 230, Target Algorithmic Amplification

It now seems inevitable that the U.S. government will try to roll back some of the protections...
By
Roddy Lindsay
Mr. Lindsay is a former Facebook data scientist.
Oct. 27, 2020 6:01 AM PDT · 13 comments
Mike Sullivan
Opinion
Startups

Tech Isn’t Doing Enough to Address Mental Health

Admit it. You’ve done it. That social media post you put up. The Instagram post of you on...
July 20, 2018 10:00 AM PDT · 12 comments
Art: Mike Sullivan
Opinion
Venture Capital

To Thrive in Midwest, Investors Shouldn’t Copy Silicon Valley

As a venture capitalist investing in applications of artificial intelligence for the future of...
May 18, 2018 10:01 AM PDT · 3 comments
Facebook Is Unwieldy by Design. It Needs Independent Oversight
By David Kirkpatrick · April 4, 2018 10:02 AM PDT · 26 comments
Opinion
Facebook

Facebook Is Unwieldy by Design. It Needs Independent Oversight

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week made a historic concession about how his service should be...
April 4, 2018 10:02 AM PDT · 26 comments
Art by Matt Vascellaro
Opinion

Board Diversity Still Stumbling Block to Good Governance

These days, there is a lot of discussion happening, in Silicon Valley and in other business...
Nov. 28, 2017 6:45 AM PST · 1 comment