Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate. Evgeny Morozov actioncollectivecontrary share on social
Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats. Evgeny Morozov achieveagebureaucrat share on social
Free open-source software, by its nature, is unlikely to feature secret back doors that lead directly to Langley, Va. Evgeny Morozov backdirectlydoor Change image and share on social
The Internet can empower groups whose aims are in fact antithetical to democracy. Evgeny Morozov aimantitheticaldemocracy Change image and share on social
Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats. Evgeny Morozov americancablecandid Change image and share on social
The newspaper offers something very different from Google's aggregators. It offers a value system, an idea of what matters in the world. Newspapers need to start articulating that value. Evgeny Morozov aggregatorarticulategoogle Change image and share on social
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server. Evgeny Morozov centralizationcloudcompute Change image and share on social
Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving. Evgeny Morozov authoritariancitizendemocratic Change image and share on social
In Google's world, public space is just something that stands between your house and the well-reviewed restaurant that you are dying to get to. Evgeny Morozov diegooglehouse Change image and share on social
We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our political or social life. It's been impossible to get rid of them, so we took them for granted, and we kind of thought, naively, that they're always the enemy. Evgeny Morozov ambiguitydeeplyenemy share on social