Eli Pariser   Verified account

@elipariser

Tech + democracy + media. Now: , husband+dad. Then: , "Filter Bubble," ED. Pessimist of the intellect, optimist of the will.

New York, NY
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Joined July 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    13 Oct 2020

    What if the paradigm we're using to think about about tech regulation is all wrong -- but the solution is all around us? Some new writing from me in (with h/ts to and among others). @ me.

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    9 hours ago

    The launch of our Terra Incognita report is now watchable on YouTube! Learn about NYC's digital public space here: | cc

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  3. 14 hours ago

    Smart thoughts from here:

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Really good gig for someone here: The amazing team Labs is hiring a development director.

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  5. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Parents! I just wrote a story for that answers (some of) your questions regarding what you can and can’t do if you’re vaccinated and your kids aren’t:

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Why, WHY are we spending $70K a pop on these dumb, creepy police robot dogs when NYC is in financial crisis?

    Oh hell no.
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  7. 18 hours ago

    Leadership.

    Oh hell no.
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  8. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Another new study finds sharing personal narratives builds trust across partisan divides (by and ). This dovetails with our recent work as well as that of and others:

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  9. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    , a new book out from and , features and makes the case that for gov’ts to effectively solve today’s biggest challenges — including homelessness — they need to put their citizens at the center.

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    Apr 13

    The news cycle is fast, so icymi yesterday. This is among the most important pieces I’ve read about Facebook’s policies and practices. It highlights how democracy can depend on Facebook’s PR strategy - if it’s not a story, it’s not a priority

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  11. Apr 13

    Seriously, eff this. I don't want a single cent of my city tax money going to pay for surveillance robots.

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    Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild
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  12. Apr 13

    Yes to all this:

    Stop & Frisk was ruled illegal by the courts. But researchers at say police are now engaged in a virtual version on social media- with serious policy gaps and abuses that cause real harms to Black and Brown people. Recommendations for reform:
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  13. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Puts what we consider to be wild news days into perspective, doesn't it?

    “President Roosevelt Is Dead”--New York Times today 1945:
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  14. Retweeted
    Apr 12

    I’m sorry but I can’t get over the fact that they deployed the national guard more quickly to defend a Dollar Tree than they did to defend the fucking United States Capitol

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  15. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    6 cases out of 7 million people. What a disaster. This is going to get people killed. And it's going to create more vaccine hesitancy. These people don't understand cost-benefit analysis. They keep making mistakes by orders of magnitude.

    Scoop: The federal government is calling for a pause in use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after 6 cases of a blood clotting disorder. A major setback for the national vaccination campaign. w/
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  16. Apr 13

    Important, interesting book on building public tech out today by the brilliant , who I met opposing the Iraq war and who since then has quietly and humbly made a huge impact on national policy. So much wisdom in it -- check it out!

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  17. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    So excited for the launch of today! Come join and for a webinar, talking about how government policies can effectively reach people using . RSVP here!

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  18. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Public Tech Nerd Olympics:

    This is the first annual conference around "digital public infrastructure" at , this year cohosted by . For five days, it's 90 minute conversations between two or more speakers imagining different futures of the internet:
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  19. Apr 13

    Are we calling it the Roaring 20s yet ⁦⁩ ?

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  20. Retweeted
    Apr 12

    An indie developer creates a game specifically designed to be a terrible, grinding experience — and discovers that people persist in playing it anyway: (This has some resonance with ’s “Cow Clicker”: )

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  21. Apr 12

    Here's hoping 2021 is the year when we all recognize (and correct for) the dangers of a "truth is expensive, lies are free" media ecosystem.

    But I’m very skeptical of this scenario. A lot of journalists are doing this because they want to reach people with their journalism. So long as institutions can help them do that at really large scale, I doubt there’ll be an exodus.
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