Author Archive

Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of "World Without Mind" and "How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization."
Modernization

Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us.

  • By Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
Digital Government

Mark Warner Is Coming for Tech’s Too-Powerful

The senator from Virginia says he’s “very annoyed” with Silicon Valley’s “pathetic” response to security concerns.

  • By Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
Digital Government

It’s Time to Regulate the Internet

Mark Zuckerberg might believe the world is better without privacy. He’s wrong.

  • By Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
Emerging Tech

Facebook Finally Blinks

Mark Zuckerberg’s radical decision to reinvent the News Feed is a plea for mercy.

  • By Franklin Foer, The Atlantic