After Technopoly
Technocratic solutionism is dying. To replace it, we must learn again the creation and reception of myth.
A More Political Science
What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?
What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?
Technocratic solutionism is dying. To replace it, we must learn again the creation and reception of myth.
Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm
The sage of physics takes on politics and philosophy — and dreams of science’s last day
On the ambiguous legacy of Werner Heisenberg, quantum genius and would-be inventor of the Nazi A-bomb
How ISIS liked, shared, and posted its way to power
In suing for “climate justice,” the “children’s climate crusade” aims to subvert the democratic process.
Authoritarians’ love for digital technology is no fluke — it’s a product of Silicon Valley’s “smart” paternalism.
Why biomedical research doesn’t roil national politics anymore — and the thin hope offered by the last time it did
How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers
Strengthening our social fabric won’t be enough to fix the platform that’s fraying it