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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Energy •
Health Care •
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Political Philosophy •
Innovation •
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All

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Brian Potter

Chains of geothermal power stations to keep the Yellowstone supervolcano from destroying modern civilization (and get a lot of clean power too)

From: What We Should Build

Brian Potter

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Sara Hendren

Homes where old people and disabled people can help each other out

From: What We Should Build

Sara Hendren

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Santi Ruiz

Giant nets to clean garbage from the ocean

From: What We Should Build

Santi Ruiz

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Samuel Matlack

Why the Progress Debate Goes Nowhere

You say “jetpacks,” I say “cabin in the woods,” let’s call the whole thing off.

From: What Calls to Build Miss

Samuel Matlack

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Lauren Spohn

Dinner with Dinosaurs

The right’s new love of technological progress isn’t a good enough answer to the left’s progressive ideology. What are they both missing?

From: What Calls to Build Miss

Lauren Spohn

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Yuval Levin

For Whom Shall We Build?

Marc Andreessen wants us to go faster. But what does that matter if nobody’s left in the car?

From: What Calls to Build Miss

Yuval Levin

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Michael Catanzaro

We Don’t Need This Much Permitting

What matters is whether building projects actually follow the law, not whether they promise to in advance.

From: Why We Don’t Build

Michael Catanzaro

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Thomas Hochman

Will Anyone Vote for Abundance?

“Time to build” is a great idea. But it’s not clear that liberals or conservatives really want it.

From: Why We Don’t Build

Thomas Hochman

Editorial | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • The Editors of The New Atlantis

The Builder Issue

The Editors of The New Atlantis

Review | Winter 2024

Winter 2024

  • Robert Bellafiore

Accelerating to Where?

The anti-politics of the new jet pack lament

Robert Bellafiore

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