Science & Technology

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

It’s Not What You Think: On Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell’s “The Smartness Mandate”
Evan Selinger reviews Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell’s “The Smartness Mandate” and finds it “vertigo-inducing.”
Evan SelingerMay 30, 2023
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Intelligent or Communicative?: On Elena Esposito’s “Artificial Communication”
Paul J. D’Ambrosio reviews Elena Esposito’s “Artificial Communication: How Algorithms Produce Social Intelligence.”
Paul J. D’AmbrosioMay 24, 2023
- Science & Technology
The Artifice of AI: Why Machine-Generated Text Seems So Fake
Jeffrey Binder uses the rise of ChatGPT to explore the backstory of our unease with artifice.
Jeffrey M. BinderMay 5, 2023
- Science & Technology
Can Algorithms Make Art?: On Eduardo Navas’s “The Rise of Metacreativity”
Francesco D’Isa reviews Eduardo Navas’s “The Rise of Metacreativity”
Francesco D’IsaApr 16, 2023
- Science & Technology
Why Is Cybernetics Still Alive? On Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan’s “Code”
Jathan Sadowski lands a damning critique of Bernard Dionysiu Geoghegan’s “Code: From Information Theory to French Theory.”
Jathan SadowskiMar 29, 2023
- Science & Technology
Whose Body Is in the Analog World?: On David Sax’s “The Future Is Analog”
Philosopher Evan Selinger eviscerates David Sax’s unabashedly privileged views in “The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World.”
Evan SelingerJan 31, 2023
- Science & Technology
Escape Therapy: On Douglas Rushkoff’s “Survival of the Richest”
Raymond Craib reviews Douglas Rushkoff’s “Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires.”
Raymond CraibJan 25, 2023
- Science & Technology
The Photic and the Deep: On Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches”
Michael Scott Moore reviews Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures.”
Michael Scott MooreJan 20, 2023
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Hot Time in the BioCity: On Char Miller’s “Natural Consequences”
Peter Sebastian Chesney considers Char Miller’s “Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril.”
Peter Sebastian ChesneyJan 20, 2023
- History
- Science & Technology
Competing Paradigms: On “The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn”
Philosopher Paul Dicken reviews a new volume, “The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science,” edited by Bojana Mladenović.
Paul DickenJan 16, 2023
Is Stealing Redwoods Sometimes Okay?: On Lyndsie Bourgon’s “Tree Thieves”
Jeff Wheelwright reviews Lyndsie Bourgon’s “Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods.”
Jeff WheelwrightDec 30, 2022
The Rules We Live By
A series made up of conversations between Julien Crockett and those who dictate, think deeply about, and seek to bend or break the rules we live by.
Julien CrockettDec 27, 2022