The Circle
Even Reality TV Hosts Are Being Replaced By Robots
Milf Manor, The Button, and Pressure Cooker all operate without a host—but at what cost?
You Can't Fix Online Troll Culture Until You Fix Reality TV
The people managing social media accounts for big shows say that nothing can be done until the format itself changes.
2020 Is the Year Reality TV Won
During an extremely dark year, even the harshest skeptics were converted to the real-life simulacrum of our normal problems.
‘The Circle’ Is Proof We’re All Phony Idiots Online
Netflix's reality game show is an unexpectedly sharp look at how desperate we all are to be liked on social media.
Matthew Progress is the Rap Evangelist Spreading the Gospel of House Music
Progress is at the forefront of a new wave of rappers who are carving out a unique space in Toronto’s musical narrative.
A Futurist Consultant Explains How She Developed Terrifying Tech in 'The Circle'
To build a post-privacy world in "The Circle," Yvette Granata applied her background studying art and artificial intelligence.
Does Rand Paul Know He's Recreating a Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel?
The livestreamed campaign takes a page out of the Dave Eggers novel "The Circle."
'Steve Jobs' Is the Thrilling, Sacrilegious, and Frightening Biopic We Never Needed
The new biopic by Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin comes on the heels of a searing documentary and a mawkish Ashton Kutcher vehicle. Can anybody get Steve Jobs right?
Now That Dave Eggers Has Been Accused of Plagiarism, We Finally Have Something in Common
Authors accusing and being accused of plagiarism is nothing new, and to the world outside of publishing, it’s a minor scandal. There’s nothing Miley about a white nerd calling out another white nerd.