There's a debate that's been running on the internet for nearly two decades: when someone gets harassed or hurt online, whose fault is it? The platform's? The creator who posted the content? The person who chose to read it? This essay argues that the debate itself is the problem — and that keeping it going … Continue reading Who’s Responsible When Online Platforms Enable Harassment?
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The Topology of Self-Limitation: When Strength and Ceiling Share the Same Root
The Radio In 2002, the cancer biologist Yuri Lazebnik asked a deceptively simple question: can a biologist fix a radio? His answer was no — not because biologists lack intelligence or effort, but because their methodology is the problem. A biologist trained in reductionist technique would collect identical radios, remove components one at a time, … Continue reading The Topology of Self-Limitation: When Strength and Ceiling Share the Same Root
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