Ben J. Clarke

Toxic Tech, Toxic Youth

The current legal and regulatory structures around technology make it impossible to protect children from online harms. Fundamental change is needed.

Global Goods

There is little value in equivocating: we are in a new economic world. The change is bad.

Humans Are Leak Machines

While charmingly meme-ready thanks to a presumed intoxication among its actors, the national security over Signal debacle is not surprising.

Optimism At Last

Brexit became a warning against international disengagement. While it appears to have been unheeded by others, Britain itself is emerging from the mess.

AI Shrinks Moats

As the hype fades and reality sinks in, we might see some genuinely brilliant uses of AI.

The US From Europe

At best, the transatlantic alliance is on pause. Europe is under no illusion as to what that means.

State vs Tech

Hitting companies in the wallet only works if you're a big enough hitter.

Silicon Valley Is Vulnerable

Technology, when you break it down, is just so much physical material fashioned into chips and wires. The world outside of California plays a much bigger role in this than the microcosm inside of it.

Tech Leopards Have Tech Spots

Content moderation was always a bit of a bluff to appease regulators and a baying public. Mark Zuckerberg moved ahead of changing winds.

Migrants and AI

Both will be under the spotlight in 2025 and beyond.

Owning Things Matters

We increasingly work in soft economies - gig, knowledge, creator, attention - and we're learning how vulnerable they are.

Trump's Seating Matters