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Adrian Chen

Adrian Chen was a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he wrote about Internet culture and technology.

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Using Comedy to Strengthen Nigeria’s Democracy
onward and upward with the arts ·

Adrian Chen writes about the Nigerian news-satire series “The Other News,” which is modelled on “The Daily Show” and aims to empower viewers to defend democratic principles.

Brad Troemel, the Troll of Internet Art
profiles ·

Adrian Chen writes that Troemel’s online work is a jab at the rigid rules of the art world and an experiment in what art might look like if those rules didn’t exist.