Baratunde Thurston is a supervising producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central, where he oversees digital expansion. He co-founded Cultivated Wit and the About Race podcast, and he wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. Baratunde is a highly sought-after public speaker and thought leader who has been part of noteworthy institutions such as Fast Company, TED, the MIT Media Lab, The Onion, and the gentrification of Brooklyn, New York.
Baratunde Thurston

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Electronic Frontier FoundationD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston discusses EFF's work to encrypt the web and switch every site to https://. Read on Electronic Frontier FoundationJanuary 2017 -
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PointsD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston details his exploration of The Glass Room exhibit. "I want to see The Glass Room everywhere there is an Apple Store…And anyone founding or working for a tech company should have to prove th... Read on PointsDecember 2016 -
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VoxD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston jumps into the debate of the place of empathy in a post-Trump election. Read on VoxNovember 2016 -
codenewbie.orgD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston participates in this episode CodeNewbie podcast, Comedy and Code - Part I. Read on codenewbie.orgOctober 2016
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MediumD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston details his frustrations with Trump supporters. I want to live in the world where the second chances Donald Trump has received thousands of times are redistributed to others who deserve and w... Read on MediumOctober 2016 -
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Fast CompanyExcerpt: "With all due respect to the boldface AI worriers, do we need to invent a boogeyman from the future when we’ve got the present to worry about? Is tomorrow’s machine enslavement so much more terrifying than today’s vast... Read on Fast CompanyJune 2015 -
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Fast Company"I just spoke with Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, a senior PhD student in computational privacy at the MIT Media Lab, and I’ve got some bad news about data and privacy. Then I’ve got worse news. But fear not, because after that I... Read on Fast CompanyMay 2015 -
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Fast CompanyAfter his Facebook account was hacked, D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston saw the other side of allowing social media giants to access other websites, apps, and services. After sharing his take-aways from the experience you mig... Read on Fast CompanyApril 2015 -
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Fast Company"As consumers we've been told that we're in charge, so we enjoy the ritual, even though it's exhausting. We even decide when we'll opt out. But what happens when companies walk away from us first?" In this article, D&S a... Read on Fast CompanyJanuary 2014 -
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Fast CompanyStop whatever you are binge watching and check out the British television show Black Mirror, in this article D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston explains why. Read on Fast CompanyNovember 2013