Science & Technology

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

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
Noir for the Anthropocene: On Elspeth Barker’s “O Caledonia”
Chelsea Jack Fitzgerald reviews Elspeth Barker’s “O Caledonia,” a Scottish noir interested in the connections between different types of anthropogenic damage.
Chelsea FitzgeraldDec 26, 2022
Hurray for Inventing New Genres or Whatever: On Dr. Moiya McTier’s “The Milky Way”
Joani Etskovitz explores the genres at play — from astronomy and mythology to self-help and romance — in Dr. Moiya McTier’s “The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy.”
Joani EtskovitzDec 24, 2022
The Body in Topography
Mariam Gomaa reflects on the intertwining characteristics of health, surgery, religion, and philosophy.
Mariam GomaaNov 27, 2022
No One Receiving: On Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding’s “Alien Listening”
Patrick Valiquet responds to music theory’s close encounter with speculative realism in “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from Earth” by Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding.
Patrick ValiquetNov 26, 2022