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Stephen Johnson

Executive Editor, Big Think

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Stephen Johnson is Executive Editor at Big Think. His writing has appeared in PBS, U.S. News & World Report, and newspapers and magazines across the Midwest. He lives in St. Louis.

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The Future
Zuckerberg deepfake video tests Facebook’s rules
Can you tell this video is fake?
Stephen Johnson
The Present
​Amazon becomes world’s most valuable brand, beating Google and Apple
The report comes amid calls for antitrust investigations into big tech.
Stephen Johnson
The Present
Bryan Cranston’s Tony Award speech: Demagoguery is real ‘enemy of the people’
Cranston won his second Tony Award for portraying Howard Beale in the play Network.
Stephen Johnson
The Future
Robert Downey Jr. plans to ‘clean up the planet’ with A.I.
It's a big, bold plan.
Stephen Johnson
Life
Dogs mirror stress levels of their owners
The owner's personality was the most important factor in examining the stress-hormone relationship between pet and owner.
Stephen Johnson
Life
German circus uses 3D holograms instead of real animals
Is it time we outlaw circus animals altogether?
Stephen Johnson
The Present
YouTube sides with conservative Steven Crowder amid policy updates
YouTube's constantly changing hate speech and harassment policies beg the question: Where exactly is the line?
Stephen Johnson
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