Tag Archives: Alexis Madrigal

In a stirring piece for The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal reports on Tunisian authorities' attempts to steal the passwords of Facebook users�and comments on what such a move means for the Internet's role as a means of fomenting political change.

At the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal tells how the Christmas tree helped to domesticate the terrifying energies of electricity around the turn of the last century.

Zadie Smith's dissection of The Social Network is smart and illuminating. But when she turns to the broader question of the cultural and human dimensions of social networking, things get complicated.