Ben Werdmüller

A beautiful, sad account of something that I sincerely hope I never have to experience (but would, of course). https://medium.com/@cherryicecreamsmile/killing-him-softly-795f072aceb3#.bms4tqxm1

This is really good, both as a piece and a trend. http://qz.com/866305/the-true-story-of-how-teen-vogue-got-mad-got-woke-and-began-terrifying-men-like-donald-trump/

The CIA underwrote the American literary scene to fight the USSR. What might that look like in 2016? Startups maybe? https://theawl.com/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-by-the-cia-ranked-93e65a5a710a#.kpljzrkof

Matter's Corey Ford on the future of media - and what needs to be done to preserve democracy. I hope he's right. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/12/the-year-of-the-rebelprenuer/

I've been struggling to see the happy side of things lately. When so much is awful, where are your glimmers of light coming from?

This is the biggest reason I won't be here forever. So many unpleasant knock-on effects. https://www.google.com/amp/www.citylab.com/amp/article/478200/?client=safari

Privileged to talk to Špela Petrič & Miha Turšič about the effects of algorithms on society. Prior work is awesome: http://www.makery.info/en/2016/10/31/spela-petric-et-ses-embryons-humains-plantes/