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Ken Fisher
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Ken Fisher is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Ars Technica. A veteran of the IT industry with an academic background in language and history, Ken studies the intersection of intellectual property and free speech issues. He is currently writing a book on the formation of online communities and the changing conceptions of property and business stemming from this formation. At present, Ken is on leave from a Ph. D. program at Harvard University, where he has completed two Masters degrees relating to Western philosophy and religion in antiquity.
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We’ve made an update to clarify and simplify everything.
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Dear readers: Let us know what you’d like to see more of on Ars
Take a few minutes to comment and help us guide future coverage.
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Based on your feedback, the Ars 9.0.1 redesign is live
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Please take the Ars Reader Survey, 2022 edition
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Take our gaming survey to help out Ars
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Ars Subscription Drive: Success++
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You asked, we answered: Free wallpapers, plus a subscription update!
You all blew past our expectations, so here’s some Moonshark wallpaper as a thank you.
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Ars Pro week: Support Ars, get gear, stay informed
Support Ars Technica’s journalistic mission and reap the benefits.
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Introducing Ars Pro, the new Ars Technica subscription program
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An update on the state of the Ars redesign
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Uber CEO: History repeats itself when we resist transportation innovation
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Fallout 4: A fanboy’s op-ed review
It’s a Fallout game—and if that’s enough to excite you, you’re going to like it.
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Ken Fisher’s travelogue the second: Party time with Ars Technica UK
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Ken Fisher’s travelogue: I came, I saw, I launched Ars Technica UK
Ken Fisher’s personal account of his trip to the Old World to launch Ars Technica UK.
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Ars Technica UK launches May 5, and we party in London May 7
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Ars UK is looking for writers and reporters
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Welcome our new UK Editor—and the forthcoming Ars Britannia!
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“Negropodamus” disses Internet of Things, predicts knowledge pills
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For shame: Trolls defeat Scientific American, Popular Science
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“Donglegate” is classic overreaction—and everyone pays
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Majority of doctors opposed to full access to your own electronic records
Facebook data liberation? Check. Twitter? Check. Your health records. Umm…
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Human sexuality is naturally promiscuous, primarily amorous
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LOL, texting, and txt-speak: Linguistic miracles
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Elon Musk on the future of the future
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To save science, try celebrating “high quality ignorance”
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