Will Big Data Eat Hollywood’s Lunch?
Hollywood relies ever more heavily on repetitive content.
Will firms like Netflix, Facebook, Amazon, and Google swallow it whole?
Author Archives: Outis Philalithopoulos
People Voted Communist Because…
Italy had the largest communist party in Western Europe. Why did ordinary people vote communist? What did they believe in?
Read more...The Minefield of Historical Communism
What does the experience of historical communism imply about modern politics and about possibilities in the future?
Read more...Links 4/20/17
Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 2)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 1)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Liberalism Yet To Come: The Boundaries of the Thinkable
A ghost reaches his final conclusions about the true nature of modern progressivism, and wonders what to do next.
Read more...Neoliberalism’s Border Guard
A ghost uses Disney’s Zootopia as an allegory for the achievements of modern progressivism.
Read more...Liberalism Present: Disney’s Utopia
A ghost watches the movie Zootopia and talks with its star about what it can teach us about modern progressivism.
Read more...Liberalism Past: The Rise of Moral Clarity
A ghost looks at how 9/11, the Right, and the Internet influenced the course of modern progressivism.
Read more...Liberalism Past: the Secret Murder of Postmodernism
A ghost explores the beliefs of 90s postmodernists, and isn’t convinced they were on the right track.
Read more...Liberalism Past: Not Being an Idiot
A ghost travels back in time and listens to a talk by a popular liberal speaker.
Read more...The Spirit of Liberalism: What is Liberalism? What is the Left?
A ghost ponders what it means to be a liberal.
Read more...The Bahamas’ Giant, Fist-Pumping Screw-You to the Civilized World
The Bahamas decides to compete aggressively to become the most infamous tax haven around.
Read more...The (Bill) Clinton Team’s Secret Meeting on CEO Compensation
CEO compensation as social engineering and class warfare, as revealed by Robert Reich.
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