Look at what technologists do, not what they say
A new alliance between tech and the family?
A new alliance between tech and the family?
From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.
How to see clearly what lies ahead
There is so little fresh surface water on Earth that if you collected it all into a ball, it would barely reach across New York City. Running water is a miracle — but the technology that brings it to us and takes the waste away is actually thousands of years old. The only barrier to staying hydrated today is political will.
Christine Rosen’s The Extinction of Experience looks at how two decades of digital tech have alienated us from our bodies and the world
The traditional selling point of the suburbs: they’re nature preserves for Living, set apart from the real world. What if we made them little fiefdoms instead?