Reboot

Reboot is a publication and community reimagining techno-optimism for a better collective future.

Technologists have long imagined their work in a vacuum. Hurry up, it’s time to build! they proclaim, moving fast and breaking plenty along the way.

Rather than hacking away at half-baked solutions, we aim to redefine what “success” in tech means altogether. At Reboot, we believe:

• Technology is part of a system. We analyze tech in the context of the institutions and ideologies it shapes and is shaped by.

• Technologists should also be thinkers, writers, and advocates. Society thrives when we all have the courage to state the future we want to live in.

• Optimism is an action, not a belief. We’re neither accelerationists nor Luddites: we are agents chipping away at a better world.

To that end, here’s what we’re building:

• Newsletter: We share weekly essays and interviews by community members.

• Magazine: We publish Kernel, a biannual print magazine.

• Events: We host live Q&As with authors of the best books on tech and society.

• Community: We run a fellowship, in-person meetups, book clubs, and more.

Reboot was cofounded by Jasmine Sun and Jessica Dai in 2020. They currently serve as co-editors-in-chief. In addition, our editorial board comprises of Ashwin Ramaswami, Jacob Kuppermann, Hal Triedman, Humphrey Obuobi, Lila Shroff, and Tianyu Fang.

We operate as a fiscally sponsored nonprofit run by an ever-growing team of volunteers, and supported by a community of thousands of students, educators, writers, engineers, historians, activists, and scientists.

Some notes from our lovely readers and community members:

Ken Liu @kyliu99

Check out Kernel Magazine (@kernel_magazine), by and for technologists. Instead of fairytales of techno-utopias or fatalistic cliches of dystopias, it attempts “a critical analysis of technological progress and regress while still charting a path forward.” kernelmag.io

10:42 PM ∙ Sep 12, 2022

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Joel Gustafson @gustafjt

tired: utopian fantasy wired: cynical fatalism inspired: hard, substantiated, critically synthesized techno-optimism

⚡ reboot ⚡ @reboot_hq

Kernel Magazine will open with the essay "take back the future!": @jasminewsun's manifesto outlining the personal, philosophical, and historical impetus behind Reboot’s existence. Read it here 💫 https://t.co/WyO5j0FaKH

8:19 PM ∙ Sep 28, 2021

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Ethan @astrachan

if there's one thing that i've taken away from @reboot_hq and twitter in general is that there are a crazy number of my peers who are far more coherent and intelligent than i am. nothing has pushed me to learn, to synthesize a worldview more than being around these people.

12:20 AM ∙ May 17, 2021

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maximillian o. @mobasiolu

being a @reboot_hq fellow was the highlight of my semester bc i was able to join a cohort of tech-adjacent folks that care about the future/impact of our field. therefore, stan jasmine and stan reboot!!!! 🎂🎉

Jasmine Sun @jasminewsun

my baby pandemic project @reboot_hq turned one! 🎂 the best part of the past year has been meeting so many people who care deeply + think rigorously about tech's role in the world. because of them, i feel vastly more optimistic about the future of technology than when i began 💫

1:52 AM ∙ Apr 10, 2021

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Anh Pham 🦻 @anhphamprog

this is also an appreciation tweet for @reboot_hq - my absolute favourite newsletter!!! 🙏

6:08 PM ∙ Jan 9, 2021

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