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Evgeny Morozov

エフゲニー・モロゾフ

Evgeny Morozov

Aliases: Yevgeny Morozov / Евгений Морозов / Яўгені Марозаў

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1984 （Soligorsk, Byelorussian SSR (present-day Belarus)）
Nationality
Belarusian, Italian
Languages
Russian, Belarusian, English, Italian
Residence History
Soligorsk (birthplace) → Berlin, Germany (residence) → United States (residence/research) → Italy (naturalized citizenship; possible residence)

Career

Occupations
Writer, Researcher, Critic, Podcaster
Active Years
2004-
Affiliations
Stanford University (visiting scholar), New America (fellow), Open Society Institute (fellow), Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service (Yahoo! fellow), Transitions Online (served as director of new media)

Education

American University in Bulgaria
Period: 2002–2006
Year of Graduation: 2006
Country: Bulgaria
Undergraduate studies (major not clearly specified in public sources)
Harvard University
History of Science
Degree: PhD
Period: 2013–2018
Year of Graduation: 2018
Country: United States
Earned a PhD in History of Science in May 2018

Awards

POLITICO 28 — Most Influential Europeans
2018
Organization: Politico
Result: 選出
TED Fellows Program
2009
Organization: TED
Result: フェロー選出
Fellowships (Open Society, others)
Organization: Open Society Institute / various
Result: フェロー

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

2011 Non-fiction, technology criticism

Critiques the optimistic view that the Internet inherently promotes democracy, examining how it can enable surveillance, repression, and manipulation.

Internet and authoritarianismSurveillanceInformation manipulationSkepticism toward cyber-utopianism

To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

2013 Non-fiction, intellectual history / technology criticism

Criticizes 'solutionism' — the belief that technology can provide quick fixes to complex social problems — and argues for situating technology within broader political, economic, and cultural debates.

Critique of solutionismTechnology and politicsPublic good vs market

Freedom as a Service: The New Digital Feudalism and the Future of the City

2022 Non-fiction, political economy / urban studies

Examines the concentration of power by digital platforms and its effects on urban space and public life, using the metaphor of digital feudalism.

Digital economyPlatform powerUrban publicness

Bibliography

  • The Net Delusion (2011)
  • To Save Everything, Click Here (2013)
  • Freedom as a Service (2022)
  • Selected essays, reports and podcasts

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Critical essayBlend of scholarly analysis and journalismClear, argumentative prose
Recurring Motifs
Politics of technologySurveillance and powerSkepticism toward solutionism

Legacy

Recognized internationally as a leading critic of digital technology; his critiques of internet optimism and technological solutionism have influenced contemporary debates on technology and politics.

Quotes

  • They want to be 'open', they want to be 'disruptive', they want to 'innovate'. The open agenda is, in many ways, the opposite of equality and justice. They think anything that helps you to bypass institutions is, by default, empowering or liberating.
    Source: The New Yorker (interview / article) (2013)

Trivia

  • Naturalized as an Italian citizen in July 2023.
  • Founded The Syllabus in 2019, a service for curating and surfacing digital content.
  • Selected as a TED Fellow in 2009 and spoke at TED.