Alexis C. Madrigal
staff writer @TheAtlantic | visiting scholar @BerkeleyISchool | in the real world, these just people with ideas | Mexican, Oakland, Earthseed
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Twitter Is Not America
A new Pew study finds a gulf between the general population and Twitter users.
The City That Apps Built, or Destroyed
An unprecedented analysis of who is buying San Francisco property
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Alexis C. Madrigal
I went into this story feeling very, very skeptical of the idea that this year's tech IPOs would blow up San Francisco's housing market. But now ... 😬😬😬
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The Images That Could Help Rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral
And the young, brilliant professor who made them before he died
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Alexis C. Madrigal
It’s not often that a news story jumps to the cosmic plane, but this one—about a pioneering historian of cathedrals—did. theatlantic.com/technology/arc… pic.twitter.com/8tVIM5fQWk
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The Uber IPO Is a Landmark
It’s not because the company actually makes any money.
Crazy: 90 Percent of People Don't Know How to Use CTRL+F
Google's resident search anthropologist, Dan Russell, dropped this incredible statistic on us. And no, he couldn't believe it either.
Local News Is Dying, and Americans Have No Idea
While the industry nose-dives, a large majority of the country thinks it is doing great.
7 Arguments Against the Autonomous-Vehicle Utopia
All the ways the self-driving future won’t come to pass
Facebook Does Have to Respect Civil-Rights Legislation, After All
Activists just won a landmark case against the social network.
What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks People Want
The Facebook CEO had a change of heart that could recast the future of the internet.
The Servant Economy
Ten years after Uber inaugurated a new era for Silicon Valley, we checked back in on 105 on-demand businesses.
The Small, Small World of Facebook’s Anti-vaxxers
Squelching vaccine misinformation might be easier than the platform makes it seem.
The Reason Conspiracy Videos Work So Well on YouTube
It’s the paranoid style, mutated for platform politics.
Waymo’s Robots Drove More Miles Than Everyone Else Combined
But in newly released numbers from California regulators, the challengers in the self-driving-car race are looking better.
Amazon’s Retreat and the New Politics of Tech
What Amazon pulling out of Queens means for the urban growth machine
When Amazon Went From Big to Unbelievably Big
The data on the company’s real-estate holdings reveal a remarkable inflection point.
And Then There Was TheFacebook.com
On the 15th anniversary of Facebook’s launch at Harvard, a dozen students and faculty members reflect on seeing and being the first users of the world’s largest social network.
This Is How Much Fact-Checking Is Worth to Facebook
More than nothing, but not much more.
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It's not just Snopes. AP confirmed to me that they are not currently factchecking for Facebook, either.
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Your TV Is Now a Computer, but Not in a Good Way
You don’t really own it, and it breaks in unpredictable ways.
Where Amazon Returns Go to Be Resold by Hustlers
Welcome to the abyss of the “reverse supply chain,” where hope springs eternal.
How the Bay Was Built
a community archive of documents about the Bay Area, focused on race and housing
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Alexis C. Madrigal
Starting to build out a very simple community archive site for Bay Area housing+race documents: howthebaywasbuilt.com
There will be dozens when it's complete.
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