Novedades

When it comes to tech, the mainstream headlines are bleak. While legitimate concerns drive these fears, we need to equally account for the fact that tech affords young people something incredibly valuable—a rare space for self-actualization. In From Pessimism to Promise, award-winning author Payal Arora explains that, outside the West, where most of the world's youth reside, there is a significant different outlook on tech: in fact, there is a contagion of optimism toward all things digital.

Increasingly mass media in the United States has become owned by fewer people. The principle of net neutrality has come under assault from corporate lobbyists and politicians, alongside media pundits and commentators, and, recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced new efforts to gut regulations and end net neutrality. What is net neutrality? Why is it important? What does the end of net neutrality mean for democracy in America?