Ethics, Stasi, Cashless Sweden, Five Things, Digital Authoritarianism, Grande Nation - Issue #392

The civility debate sidesteps how false assumptions about harm online, coupled with the affordances of digital media, encourage toxicity

In East Germany, a gamer scene emerged just before the fall of communism. Teenagers met at a computer club to swap and play C64 games. The state watched with interest.

Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyo…