The Technological Condition

Till Tomorrow

Why farmers were the first time travelers

The Enduring Legacy of The Twilight Zone

On Rod Serling’s struggle to turn TV into an art form

The X-Files and the Demon-Haunted World

On why we want to believe

Captain Kirk and the Art of Rule

Fantasy and the Buffered Self

The genre offers re-enchantment without risk.

Brave New World, Plato’s Republic, and Our Scientific Regime

To govern science, we must step out of the cave.

The Golem and the Limits of Artifice

On what the Jewish legend can (and cannot) teach us about bioethics

From: Science, Technology, and Religion

Jurassic Generation

On what the “playing God” critique misses

The Dark and Starry Eyes of Ray Bradbury

Machine Morality and Human Responsibility

From: Science, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity