Rise of the Digital Angels

Rise of the Digital Angels

August 14, 2015

Everyone knows that we are living an increasing amount of our lives online. But who’s performing the digital reckoning, watching the profiles we create and judging us on that basis? Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey have been thinking about that unsettling question – they are the authors of The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World. They sent this beautiful reflection on the algorithms and other “digital angels” who now watch over us.

Jürgen Habermas wins the Kluge Prize

Jürgen Habermas wins the Kluge Prize

August 13, 2015

Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s most distinguished living philosophers and social critics, has been named co-winner of the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity.

Meet Jonathan Chu, new editor of The New England Quarterly

Meet Jonathan Chu, new editor of The New England Quarterly

August 8, 2015

We are pleased to welcome Jonathan M. Chu as the new editor of The New England Quarterly. Dr. Chu, Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, took NEQ’s helm in July. He tells us about his relationship with NEQ and his vision for the journal in this brief Q&A.

Spotlight on Science: Alan Dorin

Spotlight on Science: Alan Dorin

August 5, 2015

For our August 2015 Spotlight on Science post, we talk to Alan Dorin, guest editor of the Summer 2015 issue of Artificial Life—a forthcoming special issue on Artificial Life, Art, Creativity, and Techno-Hybridisation. The issue will be available in mid-August.

Five Minutes with Nathan Altice

Five Minutes with Nathan Altice

July 25, 2015

Nathan Altice, author of recently published I AM ERROR: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform discusses his book and the legacy of Satoru Iwata.

Five Minutes with Brian Obach

Five Minutes with Brian Obach

July 22, 2015

The latest from our Five Minutes with the author features Brian Obach’s Organic Struggle: The Movement for Sustainable Agriculture in the United States.

Keys Under Doormats Security Report

Keys Under Doormats Security Report

July 10, 2015

Susan Landau and Whitfield Diffie, along with other security experts and computer scientists, participated in a cryptology study that was published as an MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report this week: “Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity by Requiring Government Access to all Data and Communications.”

Spotlight on Science: Deena Skolnick Weisberg

Spotlight on Science: Deena Skolnick Weisberg

July 9, 2015

We are pleased to present Spotlight on Science (SOS), a Q&A series devoted to our science journals. Each month, we will interview the authors of our new, upcoming, and classic science articles and share the Q&A here on the MIT Press blog. We will also ungate each month’s featured science article so that it’s free for all to read for the month. The free articles will be posted on our SOS page.