Aleks Krotoski

Social psychologist, broadcaster and journalist. She presents Digital Human on BBC Radio 4.

Recent articles by Aleks Krotoski

How a publicity stunt created an online social network in the 1980s © Scott

How a publicity stunt created an online social network in the 1980s

Find Satoshi: The 14-year game of hide and seek, finally solved by the internet © Scott Balmer

Find Satoshi: The 14-year game of hide and seek, finally solved by the internet

Ctrl, Alt, Delete: Can we make the internet great again, or is it a lost cause? © Anson Chan

Future Technology

How to make the internet great again… according to the experts

How social communities are bringing back

How Discord groups are bringing back “the good old days” of the internet

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Why snow days are still vital in a post-COVID world

“Too much of our technology builds walls, instead of bridges… We need to take responsibility for our digital future”

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Your brain is temporal soup: How past narratives trap our future thoughts

Today’s digital tech doesn’t replace human interaction – and that will lead to innovation © Scott Balmer

Today’s digital tech doesn’t replace human interaction – and that will lead to innovation

The internet has banished the night - but we need it back © Scott Balmer

The internet has banished the night – but we need it back

Aleks Krotoski "We are hungry for face-to-face contact. Psychology has shown that virtual contact is just as good... or even better"

Can you change your mindset to endue lockdown more successfully? © Scott Ballmer

Hitting the wall Lockdown is tough, but there are ways we can alter our mindset and endure this challenging situation more successfully

What can we do to support teachers who have to deal with frazzled parents? © Scott Balmer

Aleks Krotoski We need to support teachers who have to deal with anxious parents

Aleks Krotoski: We have no right to return to pre-COVID ways of being; it will put our communities in danger © Scott Ballmer

Aleks Krotoski "We have no right to return to pre-COVID ways of being; it will put our communities in danger"

COMMENT | Death will force us to test technology in ways it was never meant to be used © Scott Balmer

Aleks Krotoski "Death will force us to test technology in ways it was never meant to be used"

The war in our heads: Why COVID-19 is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories © Scott Balmer

The war in our heads Why COVID-19 is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories