𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Free speech has never been freer or farther reaching. Humanity has never been more connected. And yet it’s hard not to feel a bit queasy. We need to go beyond the memes and ask the hard questions. https://t.co/fVEJYZpbI0

"𝗠𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀." Yup, that was me. It happened back in the shadow of 9/11. All my rants and musings about the evolution of media are now on Substack. Do subscribe. It's free. https://t.co/qAhwm5bvD0

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱. On the paradox of free expression and its challenging impact on effective democracies. https://t.co/tBQ00UA3Ll

We versus They. How do we address polarization in our societies? It's not a new problem to our world, but I expect it will take some new answers. https://t.co/BCiUlebFyF

My speech to the WAN-IFRA General Assembly in Taiwain on the emergence of AI, the considering of Internet policy, and the challenge of irrelevance.

On Free Expression in Our Digital World. Last week's speech at the Computer History Museum Tech-X event. I speak to the evolution of free expression and the paradoxical challenges presented to us in seeking to address the challenges we face. (video)

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗳? The largest producer of beef in CA. A drone shoot on Sunday. As many as 100k head at the Harris Ranch feed lot. The smell whacks you driving on rte 5 This is where our burgers come from, whether you love them or not (I do). https://t.co/NmqfoZmRHK

What are the questions we need to answer in evolving the future of news? My observations at ISOJ in Austin. #isoj2022 #futureofnews

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲. In remote areas without broadband, the low orbit Starlink satellites are delivering 10X+ speeds vs geostationary providers. I didn't receive the wall mount in time so I crafted my own. Out of mahogany, of course. LOL. #Starlink #Musk

How I became the Queen's limo driver? Tesla's Safety Score and (my) human behavior.

Dick Tofel has a thoughtful take on why "celebrating the power of print can be a mistake". Worth the read.

Why predicting the future can be so dangerous. A short rumination on past forays into the future.

We show information based on quality, not payment. It’s not in the interest of European societies to change that.

Given the enormous range of publishers on the web, this benefits large existing publishers at the expense of both smaller publishers and newer voices in journalism. Now is not the time to stifle innovation and reduce access to a broad range of voices.

They would effectively have to make decisions about which content to include on the basis of licensing agreements. Today, more than 80,000 publishers show up in Google News. The draft Directive takes away a publishers ability to control its own distribution, its own destiny.

We built Google to provide everyone with equal access to information. Article 11 changes that principle. This means that search engines, news aggregators, apps and platforms have to put commercial licences in place and decide who can be easily accessible and who can't.

@iksnyrk there is no review process. we use our standard principled ranking in .surfacing results

#Caltrain down from Millbrae to Hillsdale due to fatality. Cabbing with 2 others from SF to Mt View.

Southbound #Caltrain service no longer suspended. My train is moving and now at Hayward Park. Hope it's not blocked at Palo Alto still.

On first #Caltrain heading south after accident in Palo Alto. Standing room only.