A short list of things you should have read last year.

Why not both?

To say that digital technology has disrupted society is already a cliché. Yet we are only just starting to grasp the radical break we are facing with respect to our legal institutions and norms.

Digital omniscience meets “the crooked timber of humanity.”

Democratic sovereignty, free speech, perfect anonymity: pick two.

Silicon Valley usurped the role of traditional news media, without assuming any accompanying social responsibilities.

It’s time to think creatively about how to help Ukraine. Giving more money to an increasingly corrupt government is not working.

Orwell is a terrible role-model for an age that needs more serious people honestly grappling with complexity.

Primaries encourage polarization and lock politicians into a cycle of overpromising and underdelivering. Is there a better way?

Proponents of repealing the home mortgage interest deduction often cite the United Kingdom as precedent. But the UK doesn’t have a happy story to tell.