Clive Thompson appears in the following:
Mastodon: The Platform Taking Twitter's Worn and Weary
Friday, November 18, 2022
Mastodon: The Platform Taking Twitter's Worn and Weary
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
What Happens Next: The Future of Work
Thursday, November 02, 2017
Technology Making Us "Smarter Than You Think"
Friday, August 01, 2014
With every advance in technology, skeptics lament the loss of a more meaningful and simpler time, arguing that attention spans are shrinking and critical thinking is corroding. But in his book, Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better, journalist Clive Thompson offers a different take. Brooke spoke with Thompson last year about how all of the YouTube videos, blogs, Twitter feeds, and Wikipedia pages have produced a unique human intelligence.
Better Living Through Technology
Monday, September 16, 2013
Clive Thompson, author of the new book Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better tells us why he thinks technology isn't making us dumber -- it's actually improving our memory, cognition, and more.
End of War: War Culture
Monday, May 28, 2012
What can representations of war on stage, in film and in popular culture tell us about combat? Denis O'Hare, actor and co-writer of An Iliad, Jeanine Basinger, chair of the film studies department at Wesleyan University, and Clive Thompson, contributor to The New York Times Magazine and columnist for Wired discuss whether these representations can change the culture's view of war.
The Category is...Man vs. Machine
Friday, February 11, 2011
Italian Court Convicts Google, Raising Wide-Ranging Privacy Questions
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A jury in Italy has ruled that three Google executives are guilty of invasion of privacy after a user uploaded a video depicting four Italian teenagers bullying a boy with Down syndrome to the company's video service. The prosecutors' argument as to why the executives are responsible says that "a company's rights cannot prevail over a person's dignity." But the ruling has many legal and tech experts wondering: should a hosting platform be held responsible for what people post while using the service? And when do attempts to uphold personal dignity impede on free speech?
Google's New Approach To China
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Google anounced yesterday that the company might withdraw from operations in China, after a cyber attack from that country.
Looking Back at the Decade’s Stand-out Tech Inventions
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Is Video Gaming Good for You?
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Social Network, Public Health
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Social Synapses
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The Civil Rights Battle in Your Mind
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Videogames 101
Friday, October 12, 2007
If you haven’t played a video game since Ms. Pac-Man, you probably have some catching up to do. Kurt has this quick guided tour of the state of the art. Produced by Curtis Fox.
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The Color of Conservation
Monday, August 13, 2007
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Players, Military, Linklater
Friday, July 14, 2006
Kurt Andersen and Slate contributor Clive Thompson, talk about how the multi-billion dollar industry of video games is changing the culture. We’ll check out the prototype for Urban Resolve, the military’s video game designed to teach soldiers how to wage urban warfare. We’ll hear about a young multimedia artist for whom reprogrammed old games is just another color on the palette. Plus, Richard Linklater stops by to talk about his new movie A Scanner Darkly.
Cover Story: Video Games
Friday, July 14, 2006
Kurt Andersen and Slate journalist Clive Thompson discuss about how video games are taking over the world - from the front lines of the war in Iraq to the New York art scene.
Players, Military, Super Mario
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Kurt Andersen and Slate journalist Clive Thompson discuss how video games are taking over the world – from the art scene in New York to the front lines of the war in Iraq.