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When academic teams struggle with the implications of their internet research

Our research team has been studying how the early internet pioneers' utopian vision became today's attention economy, and we're realizing that publishing our findings might undermine people's faith in technology altogether, but not publishing feels like academic cowardice.

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Researchers face ethical dilemmas when their findings about technology's trajectory could influence public discourse in unpredictable ways.

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“Where Are You with The internet — origin story and examined present?”

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