From Analog to Digital and BackBits are the new electrons. The nature of analog computing is to take control.George Dyson·Added Aug 18, 2020·10 min readGeorge Dyson·Added Aug 18, 2020·10 min read
The Astronomer Who Believed There Was an Alien Utopia on MarsPercival Lowell’s dogged belief helped bring Mars science to 19th Century AmericaSarah Stewart Johnson·Added Jul 7, 2020·12 min readSarah Stewart Johnson·Added Jul 7, 2020·12 min read
Why 2020 to 2050 Will Be ‘the Most Transformative Decades in Human History’Climate change will force more people to leave their homes than at any other point in human history. Conflict is inevitable.Eric Holthaus·Added Jun 25, 2020·7 min readEric Holthaus·Added Jun 25, 2020·7 min read
As Disasters Mount, Our Cities May Need to Move UndergroundTemperatures are rising, and urban centers are packed. To preserve livable societies, some argue we should build ‘Earthscrapers.’Thomas Kostigen·Added Mar 26, 2020·11 min readThomas Kostigen·Added Mar 26, 2020·11 min read
The Untold Story of the Man That Made Mainstream Encryption PossibleMeet Whit Diffie, the man who invented public key cryptography and brought encryption to the massesSteven Levy·Added Mar 3, 2020·13 min readSteven Levy·Added Mar 3, 2020·13 min read
Hacking Is the New Cold WarHackers have come to dominate global statecraft, and barely anyone is paying attentionBen Buchanan·Added Feb 25, 2020·7 min readBen Buchanan·Added Feb 25, 2020·7 min read
AOL, Geocities, and Message Boards: A Brief History of Becoming Human OnlineWhat it meant to grow up as a lurker on the information superhighwayJoanne McNeil·Added Feb 19, 2020·11 min readJoanne McNeil·Added Feb 19, 2020·11 min read
An Experimental Program Is Using Science Fiction to Teach Kids Radical Empathy OnlineA complex game within a game invites kids to think about how they’d interact with other children in the future.Kaitlin Ugolik·Added Feb 11, 2020·8 min readKaitlin Ugolik·Added Feb 11, 2020·8 min read
Read Kim Stanley Robinson’s Surprisingly Accurate Vision for Autonomous Cars — From 1988Here’s an exclusive excerpt of ‘The Gold Coast’ (1988), which Tor Books is reissuing as part of KSR’s ‘Three Californias’ trilogyKim Stanley Robinson·Added Feb 5, 2020·12 min readKim Stanley Robinson·Added Feb 5, 2020·12 min read
The Age of Climate Authoritarianism Is Upon UsAs climate change worsens, the world’s most powerful states will become even more dominant through a concentration of political power…Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright·Added Jan 28, 2020·7 min readGeoff Mann and Joel Wainwright·Added Jan 28, 2020·7 min read
