Founder of Techonomy, David Kirkpatrick is a journalist, commentator about technology, and author of the bestselling book “The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World,” published in 32 countries. He spent 25 years at Fortune, and founded and hosted its Brainstorm and Brainstorm Tech conferences. In addition to writing for Techonomy, he contributes to Forbes and Vanity Fair. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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October 29, 2021The Name Facebook Needs to Change: Zuckerberg
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September 30, 2021Outlaw? Pariah? Renegade Empire? Digesting the WSJ Series About Facebook
September 17, 2021How Do We React to the Climate Tragedy?
August 12, 2021ITU: To Connect Everyone We Need Innovation
August 6, 2021Summer 2021: Are We Going Up or Down?
July 30, 2021Facebook’s New Face: Dishonesty
July 15, 2021Why Zuckerberg Is Not Worthy
July 6, 2021Glimpses of a New Era: The In-Person DLD Conference
July 2, 2021America’s Perilous Tech Clash With China
May 5, 2021This ‘Covidgilante’ Says Vaccines Work on ‘Scariants’
April 16, 2021Can Tech Globalization Succeed With the U.S. and China At Odds?
April 9, 2021What is Unity in a Digital Era?
March 12, 2021“Moms Are Getting Crushed in This Pandemic”
March 5, 2021Kinsa’s Thermometer Network: Crowdsourcing for Public Health
January 21, 2021Can Business Lead the U.S. Back Towards Facts?
January 8, 2021The Year the World Finally Became Techonomic
December 23, 2020
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