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Bill of Health

Danya Glabau 04-25-2019

As the fields of health-data obsession have grown, they have contributed to the impression that data alone is sufficient for medical care. Compared with the intricacies of human biology and relationships, data appears straightforward. It doesn’t depend on the people who generate it, with their messy lives filled with competing priorities.

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Built to Shill

David A. Banks 04-23-2019

You may hate capitalism but love your childhood home and use the laws of land ownership to protect it and keep it as your own. You hate Uber, but your car is in the shop and it’s the only way to get to work on time. This is, in part, why Morton says that “the time of hyperobjects is a time of hypocrisy.”

Built to Shill

Bad Metaphors Let’s Take This Offline

Mikaella Clements 04-18-2019

The real implication of let’s take this offline is that, online or offline, you are always already in the wrong place. If the metaphor seems incoherent, even contradictory, that’s because it reflects the contradictory demands of the workplace.

Let’s Take This Offline

Running the Numbers

Jeremy Antley 04-15-2019

Video games are not unique in their ability to anchor live streams that transform private acts into public spectacles. And there are many streamers who undertake the “work of play” as a way to share gameplay experience without any thought of compensation or growing spectator numbers. But under the auspices of centralized platforms like Twitch, the “work of play” will always become a numbers game unto itself

Running the Numbers

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