Sublime

These are the

attentive to the deceitful machinations of those who fancy themselves the self-appointed stewards of humanity.

when computer scientists rely on their own limited intuitions to design systems, rather than engage theories that show how identities are “enacted, contextual, imaginative, and infrastructural,” they are likely to perpetuate patterns of discrimination and disenfranchisement.

noblesse oblige,

how Blackness is selectively celebrated (and contained) within the white imagination.

Eventually I decided that asking me to be something other than black, exchanging black for being a person of color was anything but well-meaning. Finally, for now, I have decided on being as black-black as I can be. It is my protest.

On the internet, a highly functional person is one who can promise everything to an indefinitely increasing audience at all times.

advancing information technology is pushing us toward a tipping point that is poised to ultimately make the entire economy less labor-intensive. However, that transition won’t necessarily unfold in a uniform or predictable way. Two sectors in particular—higher education and health care—have, so far, been highly resistant to the kind of disruption t