The state has lost control: Evgeny Morozov on how tech firms now run western politics. Technology, the faux equalizer: Adrienne LaFrance on how Silicon Valley’s sunny outlook on technology and opportunity ignores systematic inequalities. Don’t blame the Google bus riders: The company “doesn’t look at the employees as any more human than it does the residents of San Francisco”. Hamilton Nolan on why tech workers should unionize. Congratulations, you’ve been fired: Life in the new tech workplace is suspiciously like life in the old sweatshop. Silicon Valley talks a good game on “basic income”, but its words are empty. “Libertarian but very pro-government”: Timothy B. Lee on the distinctive ideology of Silicon Valley. Yet another tech worker rants about being overentitled. San Francisco’s tech bros told: Quit changing the gayborhood.
The overwhelming majority of men in the tech industry believe there is no gender bias. Hacking technology’s boys’ club: Anna Weiner on Ellen Ullman’s early journey to the heart of Silicon Valley and her radical vision for its future. Danielle Paquette on the stunning difference in how people treat female coders — once they find out they’re female. At Harvey Mudd College, the ratio of women in computer science increased from 10% to 40% in 5 years. Claire Cain Miller on what it’s really like to risk it all in Silicon Valley.
