Reboot is a publication by and for technologists.
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 or interviews on the newsletter.
Magazine: We publish Kernel, an annual print magazine.
Community: We have a Discord for links, discussions, and meetups.
Events: We host launch parties, screenings, readings, and talks.
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, Hamidah Oderinwale, Hannah Scott, Kevin Baker, Morry Kolman, 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. We have been fortunate to receive grant support from organizations including the Omidyar Network, Ford Foundation, RT Youth Power Fund, Emergent Ventures, 0xPARC, and SPARC.
Some notes from our lovely readers and community members:
