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July 31, 2017
Clio Chang
The Emoji Deserves Better Than The Emoji Movie
Perhaps the greatest crime of this widely panned movie is that it thinks emojis are for kids.
November 22, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Most Annoying Thing About Cellphones on Airplanes
It's not overhearing conversations. It's listening to people complain about overhearing conversations.
October 20, 2009
Jason Zengerle
Can You Hear Me Now (Afghan Edition)?
October 20, 2009
Magda Schaler-Haynes
Drowning
October 9, 2009
Lawrence Lessig
Against Transparency
The perils of openness in government
September 29, 2009
Christopher Orr
And You Thought Your Cell Phone Service Was Bad
September 22, 2008
Jonathan Chait
Cell Phones And Polling
August 22, 2008
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