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Book
Internet for the People
: The Fight for Our Digital Future
Ben Tarnoff
2022
Book
The Bohemians
: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature
Ben Tarnoff
2014
Book
Muskism
: A Guide for the Perplexed
Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff
2026
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Whither the Nerd-Bully?
Bill Gates was the monopolistic father figure who Silicon Valley’s young founders rebelled against—and, in so rebelling, became.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
New York Review of Books
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on
May 7, 2026
Muskism as Fordism
Similarities between Musk and Ford are not simply biographical: "they are about what kind of societies their versions of political economy produce—and require."
by
Quinn Slobodian
,
Ben Tarnoff
via
LPE Project
on
April 22, 2026
Mark Twain, the Californian
In 1864 San Francisco, Twain found hardship, Bohemia, and his voice—transforming from local reporter to rising literary force.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
July 4, 2025
How Everything Became Data
The rise and rise and rise of data.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
The Nation
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on
October 16, 2023
Better, Faster, Stronger
Two recent books illuminate the dark foundations of Silicon Valley.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
New York Review of Books
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on
August 31, 2023
How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence– but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
The Guardian
on
July 25, 2023
Build a Better Internet
An interview with Ben Tarnoff, the author of "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."
by
Nick Serpe
,
Ben Tarnoff
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Dissent
on
June 27, 2022
‘Wallets and Eyeballs’: How eBay Turned the Internet Into a Marketplace
The story of the modern web is often told through the stories of Google, Facebook, Amazon. But eBay was the first conqueror.
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
The Guardian
on
June 16, 2022
The Internet Should Be a Public Good
The Internet was built by public institutions — so why is it controlled by private corporations?
by
Ben Tarnoff
via
Jacobin
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on
August 31, 2016