Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/90285/my_last_column/ After 9 long years, it's time to move on. One final thought: don't ever stop ruthlessly criticizing everything that exists. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/88923/three_myths_about_the_internet_that_refuse_to_die/ The Internet will not magically bring the world together; nor is it likely to destroy us. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/87212/using_sci-fi_to_change_the_world/ Science fiction isn't escapist; it can help us envision how to make the world a better place. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/86205/how_do_we_fight_corporate_control_of_the_internet/ We need to organize and actively make things uncomfortable for the companies trying to regulate our use of online technologies. Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/85539/is_the_creative_internet_just_about_dead_/ The era of free, open online innovation may be coming to an end. Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84764/who%27s_afraid_of_grand_theft_auto/ If the controversial video game were a movie, we'd all be mightily impressed by its dark, ironic vision of a world at war with itself. Wed, 07 May 2008 18:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84060/user-generated_censorship/ The Web makes it easy for crowds to collaborate. But it also makes it simple for mobs to crush free expression. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/83353/writing_online%3A_the_key_to_literary_immortality/ The advantage of publishing online rather than in books? Nobody can burn the Internet. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/82635/does_the_microsoft-yahoo%21_merger_threaten_google/ A look at the facts on Microhoo! Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81791/pregnant_men/ Thomas Beatie is not the first transgendered man to get pregnant. So why is he getting so much attention, and why now? Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81241/the_queen%27s_english_is_dead/ Proper English is being supplanted by a language that reflects the lives of all the people who speak it. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80552/the_color_wars/ The human proclivity for pointless, conflict-driven tribalism manifests itself on the web. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80247/spitzer_did_nothing_wrong/ Eliot Spitzer's decision to pay money for sex was personal. It's not like he issued a policy of mandatory hookers for everybody. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/79492/virtual_revolution/ Protesting online can be just as revolutionary as carrying signs, yelling, and storming the gates of power in the real world. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:00:01 PDT Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/78056/the_bush_administration%27s_war_on_science/ Our government is waging a war against science, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. and beyond. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77352/you_cannot_afford_mars/ Even if we spent as much money on space exploration as we do on war, funding a mission to Mars would not solve any of our problems. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76818/three_reasons_to_hate_facebook/ I hate Facebook and I'm not afraid to say why. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76238/the_fragility_of_the_information_age/ Our brave new infrastructure is failing around us even as we claim that it offers a shining path to the future. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75401/a_polite_message_from_the_surveillance_state/ If only the government would warn you when it was recording your conversations, like Google. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/74615/why_we_shouldn%27t_fear_cloned_meat/ People are freaked out by the FDA's ruling that cloned meat is safe to eat, but we eat cloned plants all the time. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/74103/what_happens_when_blogs_go_mainstream/ Will blogs take on all the bad habits of the mainstream media or will it help the media progress just a bit further toward independence of thought? Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/73032/a_new_version_of_moore%27s_law/ The amount of information in the world is always expanding faster than the data storage systems available to capture it. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/72523/technology_in_wartime/ Gizmos that a decade ago would have been viewed entirely as communications tools and toys are now potential surveillance and killing machines. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/71707/a_story_of_international_intrigue/ How easily important information can fall into the wrong hands. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/71172/humans_aren%27t_much_smarter_than_dogs/ Recent studies of animal cognitive ability prove that humans aren't much more intelligent than dogs or monkeys. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:00:01 PST Annalee Newitz