Is American economic growth over? A TED debate on progress
Is it progress if it leaves millions of people behind?
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Ken Fisher
Editor in Chief
ken@arstechnica.com
Ken Fisher is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Ars Technica. A veteran of the IT industry with an academic background in language and history, Ken studies the intersection of intellectual property and free speech issues. He is currently writing a book on the formation of online communities and the changing conceptions of property and business stemming from this formation. At present, Ken is on leave from a Ph. D. program at Harvard University, where he has completed two Masters degrees relating to Western philosophy and religion in antiquity.
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eBay fraud and me, the sequel: A pathetic end to the debacle
Customer has a fraudulent purchase tied to his e-mail account? Ban him!
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The great Ars survey: The results are in
17,000 of you spoke to us, and we’re listening.
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eBay fraud and me: My absolutely ridiculous experience
No, I didn’t bid $13,000 for 500 LED lights.
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Disclosure doesn’t fix it: Lessons from CBS/CNET
Conflicts of interest are subtle things.
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Why it’s critical we cover so-called “controversial” science
Facts are not controversial, but unfortunately cause controversy.
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Level capping truly, unapologetically sucks
An op-ed from the Department of Having Your Cake and Eating it Too.
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For the empire: Please take the 2012 Ars Reader Survey
Last call for our survey. Just 1,000 more takers, and we’ll share the results.
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Comment voting now shows the vote split!
And some more thoughts on opinions versus trolling.
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Observations on what’s getting downvoted, with some dissected specimens
A look at the greatest misses of late, and some theorizing.
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Comment voting working, getting expanded
46,000 votes in 6 days, now with more at stake.
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Introducing comment voting on news articles and features
Learn about our new experimental system for reader comments.
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Introducing “Ignore”—a new comments feature to make your life troll-free
Learn how to quickly banish trolls from Ars comments like they never existed.
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The return of the Ars community rank system
In which we return to our roots and celebrate our community.
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Welcome to Ars Technica, version 7.0
The new site, new features, new sections, and more.
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A near-future prognosis for television: surprisingly strong, driven by more choice
Live TV viewing may be waning, but television consumption isn’t dead.
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Ars Technica seeks Senior Reviews Editor
Ars needs someone obsessed with products and reviews. Is that you?
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John Hodgman and Rob Reid talk Year Zero, Aliens, and the RIAA
Rob Reid's Swiftian sci-fi novel Year Zero is due out in July.
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Copyright Math: a quantitative reasoning master class by Rob Reid (video)
Reid’s TEd talk challenges the content industry’s appeal to quantitative reasoning.
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Aerial robots swarm the stage at TED [video]
These robots can swarm, make maps, and get young people excited about science.
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How the US can stop the largest wealth transfer in history by building a bridge
T. Boone Pickens explains how natural gas can lower our dependency on oil.
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Could fixing healthcare be as simple as a checklist?
Atul Gawande tells us healthcare needs a system that emphasizes simplicity.
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Getting ready for the end of growth on Earth
Paul Gilding tells us our economy is not sustainable in his recent TED talk.
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A brief history of the Multiverse
We may find that our universe is not the only universe, according to Brian Greene.
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SOPA Resistance Day begins at Ars
Why Ars Technica opposes the Stop Online Piracy Act.
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Amazing readers mean Ars is hiring, again, after astounding 2011
Ars Technica continues to grow and now reaches 10 million readers a month— …
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Jobs ruled out $5 billion settlement: “I will spend my last dying breath” fighting Android
Steve Jobs was so angered by Android and HTC that he reportedly told then …
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Sony acquires rights to Steve Jobs Biopic, we ponder possible outcomes
Sony is now in possession of the film rights to Steve Jobs' life story. We …
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Be the Ars IT Editor Bossman for 5 fleeting minutes… take our survey!
Please give us 5 minutes of your time to tell us what IT news you want to see …
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Announcing increased moderation of trolls in discussion threads
Tired of trolls? We are too, so we're cracking down on them. Effective …
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The post-Jobs era: Tim Cook brings philanthropy back to Apple
Tim Cook is definitely not Steve Jobs, at least when it comes to charity. Cook …
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Does the press have an ethical duty to out powerful gays in tech?
The man some are calling the Most Powerful Person in Tech is at the center of …
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The iPad is a Personal Computer—true or false?
Since its first appearance in households, the precise definition of what …
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Ars Technica is looking for an IT Editor
Ars is hiring an IT Editor. We're looking for that one person out there whom …
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