~ Michael Myers, senior columnist, Columbia Journalism Review
The title of an article from the Columbia Journalism Review about technology writer Evgeny Morozov captures the perception of him among many in the tech world: "Evgeny vs. the internet". Evgeny Morozov is a prominent technology writer and researcher and a strong critic of the seemingly ubiquitous role that our society has given "the Internet" and of the mentality that the world's problems will be solved through an app. Many of Morozov's writings have generated controversy and opposition among those in the tech world, but this is a role that Morozov doesn't seem to mind. The American public doesn't seem to either. By the age of 30, he's written 2 New York Times Notable Books and his critiques of "cyber-utopianism" and "solutionism" are growing in influence.
Born in 1984 in Belarus, Morozov attended college at American University in Bulgaria. Upon moving to the United States, he spent time as a fellow at Georgetown University and as a visiting scholar at Stanford and at the New American Foundation. Recently, he was a visiting scholar at Standford University and a contributing editor at The New Republic magazine. Morozov has written for various other publications such as The New York Times, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal.
Currently, Morozov is pursuing a Ph.D. in the history of science at Harvard University. He is the author of 2 books, The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom in 2011 and To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism in 2013, the latter of which is the focus of this blog.
Evgeny's Website: http://www.evgenymorozov.com/ (journals, essays, other publications)
Check Evgeny out on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Morozov
Give him a follow on Twitter: @evgenymorozov
