Podcast of the Week: The End of Trust

McSweeney’s just published (and sold out of!) a collection of articles and essays titled The End of Trust. Buy a copy here or read an except here on how surveillance kills freedom. For a broad overview, listen to this Kara Swisher Recode Decode podcast discussing it.

Programmer bias in algorithms, empowering consumers and users so they don’t feel like their only options are to unplug from social media or blindly accept its anti-privacy stance, and the answer to why all links are blue await. This is an extremely important discussion. Get up to speed before you accept another user agreement.