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Oct 17, 2023

How to Be a Better Reactionary: Time and Knowledge in Technology Regulation

I wrote this essay for a workshop that will be held at George Washington University this week titled “Politics of Controlling Powerful…

How to Be a Better Reactionary: Time and Knowledge in Technology Regulation

Lee Vinsel

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Nov 7, 2022

Costs Untold: Sheila Jasanoff and the Long Trail of Emotional Abuse and Academic Bullying

In 2015, I started writing this essay about my experiences with emotional abuse and academic bullying at the hands of Sheila Jasanoff in…

Costs Untold: Sheila Jasanoff and the Long Trail of Emotional Abuse and Academic Bullying

Lee Vinsel

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Nov 7, 2022

Costs Untold: Sheila Jasanoff and the Long Trail of Emotional Abuse and Academic Bullying

In 2015, I started writing this essay about my experiences with emotional abuse and academic bullying at the hands of Sheila Jasanoff in…

Costs Untold: Sheila Jasanoff and the Long Trail of Emotional Abuse and Academic Bullying

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Jun 20, 2022

Why the Crypto Crash is Nothing Like the Dotcom Crash

Great internet tech emerged from the rubble of the early 2000s — but there’s no reason to think blockchain will do the same

Why the Crypto Crash is Nothing Like the Dotcom Crash

Lee Vinsel

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Mar 29, 2022

What Was “the New Economy”?

This paper for the Business History Conference is the shaggiest thing I have written in years. Work and personal life developments —…

What Was “the New Economy”?

Lee Vinsel

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Oct 21, 2021

The Myth of the “Pinto memo” is Not a Hopeful Story for Our Time

A few of the issues I mention below were changed after I finished this post, when Wired “updated” the article on 10/20/21, but I think it…

The Myth of the “Pinto memo” is Not a Hopeful Story for Our Time

Lee Vinsel

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Feb 1, 2021

You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype

Maybe more people are writing about the real and potential problems of technology today than ever before. That is mostly a good thing. The…

You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype

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The Startup

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Jan 25, 2021

Seven Theses on Technology and the US Economy

Over the past five years, including while writing The Innovation Delusion with Andy Russell, I have been reading a number of works that…

Seven Theses on Technology and the US Economy

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Feb 26, 2020

I Won’t Buy Another iPhone Until Apple Supports Right to Repair

Why one longtime Apple fan is giving up on the company

Mobile phone reflected in broken mirror with distortion effect

Lee Vinsel

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Feb 11, 2019

Rifkin’s Erroneous Riffing, or Why Basing Plans on Techno-Prophecy is Such a Bad Idea

In the last few weeks, friends at Virginia Tech have been asking me worried questions about the futurist and writer Jeremy Rifkin, who has…

Rifkin’s Erroneous Riffing, or Why Basing Plans on Techno-Prophecy is Such a Bad Idea

Lee Vinsel

Lee Vinsel

18.4K followers

I do technology studies, co-organize @The_Maintainers, and profess Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.

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