David Auerbach

David Auerbach is an American writer with a background in software engineering.[1][2] He has written on a variety of subjects, including social issues and popular culture, the environment, computer games and literature.

Career

A graduate of Yale University, Auerbach is the technology columnist for Slate magazine,[3][4][5][6][7] an editorial blogger at Reuters[8] and a contributor to The American Reader.[9]

In 2016 Auerbach is a fellow at the think tank New America,[10] where he is writing a book on the "impact of algorithmic and computational methods on public policy and social life," to be published by Pantheon Books.

On Slate, and as a critic of Wikipedia, Auerbach suggests that Wikipedia "chews up and spits out bad facts, and its own policies are letting it happen."[11] In an article for Reuters, Auerbach speaks to risks relating to the Anthropocene,[8] and in a Slate piece, Auerbach expressed criticism of facilitated communication, referring to it as a pseudoscience.[12]

Slate was a finalist in the 2014 MPA – the Association of Magazine Media award, Columns and Commentary category, for 3 columns by Auerbach.[13]

References

  1. ↑ O'Callaghan, Jonatahn (19 June 2015). "Will YOUR child witness the end of humanity? Mankind will be extinct in 100 years because of climate change, warns expert". Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Staff (February 12, 2014). ""Robot Odyssey", le jeu d'ordinateur le plus difficile de tous les temps". Atlantico.
  3. ↑ "Slate". The Association of Magazine Media. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  4. ↑ Buni, Catherine; Chemaly, Soraya (April 13, 2016). "The Secret Rules of the Internet. The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech.". The Verge.
  5. ↑ Piraina, Alexis (February 9, 2016). "Twitter a un problème d’abus, mais il y travaille.". Numerama.
  6. ↑ Couillard, Kathleen (January 13, 2016). "Grossesse, antidépresseurs et autisme : évaluer le risque". Planète F.
  7. ↑ Bokhari, Allum (10 June 2015). "Shapps Case Raises Questions For Wikipedia And The Guardian". Breitbart. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 Auerbach, David. "A child born today may live to see humanity’s end, unless…". Reuters Blogs. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  9. ↑ Auerbach, David. "Review: Thomas Pynchon’s “Bleeding Edge”". The American Reader. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  10. ↑ "David B. Auerbach - New America". New America. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  11. ↑ Auerbach, David (2015-02-05). "The Wikipedia Ouroboros". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  12. ↑ "Facilitated communication pseudoscience harms people with disabilities". 12 November 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "2014 Awards". magazine.org. MPA – the Association of Magazine Media. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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