Alex Cacioppo is an independent researcher, writer, and reporter who has worked for VICE Media, CBS News, and other outlets. His interests include geopolitics, environmental issues, the socially responsible business world, philology, cartography, lexicography, and philosophy. He also microblogs under the handle @lexiconstable.
Alex Cacioppo
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Writing on Public Books
Who Cares about American Power?
As the insane 2016 US presidential campaign enters its final weeks, we are with new urgency forced to question the role of American power in the world. In this charged moment, Noam Chomsky’s new book Who Rules the World? could not offer more essential reading; and the negative response to its publication could not be […]
Bellatrix and the American Revolution
Bellatrix, a star in the Orion constellation, is 240 light-years from Earth. The light emitted from Bellatrix that we currently see began its journey just prior to the American Revolution, when Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin were flesh and blood and there was no United States. Most histories of the period do not begin with […]
Terms of Service
In a comprehensive survey of how technological advances will “creep” into everyday life, computer expert and technologist Thomas Keenan guides the reader through a slew of increasingly ubiquitous and invasive technologies. How do fellow citizens feel about the prospect of airport security spraying you with “a fine mist” of GPS nanoparticles in the name of […]
