Digital Childhood
Protection, Preparation, and Power The conversation about young people in a digital world has shifted from "access vs. safety" to a more nuanced question:...
Bubbles Go Pop
The conversation about AI has shifted from "is there a bubble?" to "how does it burst?" But this isn't just financial speculation. It's about what we're...
The Glass City Paradox
The Glass City Paradox: When Technology Shines, but the Foundation Cracks We’ve built a City of Glass: dazzling with technological power, but terrifyingly...
We're Building the Wrong Intelligence
An AI pioneer says large language models are a dead end. Seven lawsuits allege they've caused deaths. Yet education is building elaborate frameworks for...
Rewilding the Digital Self
Our digital worlds are overgrown. Dense with automation, surveillance, and algorithmic intermediaries. But amid the noise, there is an opportunity to reclaim...
The Chaos Engine
Every era builds its own engine of progress, and every engine, eventually, breaks down. Last week, we examined the implementation fantasy: the belief that...
The Implementation Fantasy
When Policy ignores reality. This week, seven elite universities rejected a federal offer to trade academic freedom for research funding. The same week, the...
The Efficiency Trap
The Efficiency Trap: When Shortcuts Lead Nowhere This week brought a perfect storm: Microsoft and Google announced free AI tools for every teacher in...
Building Archipelagos in Surveillance Seas
Welcome to Digitally Literate 407. Last week in DL 406, we watched companies refer to guardrails as "competitive disadvantages." This week revealed what...
When Guardrails Become Competitive Disadvantages
Welcome to Digitally Literate 406. Last week we examined how tech elites prefer orderly, controllable systems over messy human life. This week provided the...
The End of Empathy
TL;DR: When pressure is applied, systems built on control, not care, show their true character. That shift is happening now in AI, platforms, and schools....
When Things Fall Apart
Welcome to Digitally Literate 404. This week we're examining how pressure reveals the true nature of systems. Whether they're AI models facing resource...
The Online Visibility Trap
Welcome to Digitally Literate 403. This week we're exploring a modern paradox. The internet rewards visibility while punishing those who become visible....
The Great Fracturing
Welcome to Digitally Literate 402. This week's headlines show a digital ecosystem splitting into two competing orders. One that answers risk with centralized...
Useful Friction
Knowledge as Living System
From Archive to Architecture
Exploring the shift from chronological content archives to interconnected knowledge systems, and why digital gardens represent the future of meaningful online publishing.
When Systems Stop Singing
Digitally Literate Is Evolving
Hi there, After nearly 400 issues helping educators and professionals navigate digital literacy, Digitally Literate is getting an upgrade, and you’ll notice...