“California Became My Cosmos”: A Conversation with Obi Kaufmann
The author of “The California Field Atlas” talks about the logic of climate breakdown, the inevitability of extinction, and why he remains hopeful.
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
The author of “The California Field Atlas” talks about the logic of climate breakdown, the inevitability of extinction, and why he remains hopeful.
Scott TimbergNov 23, 2019
Sara Scribner explores three lushly illustrated nature books by European authors that describe what nature does when humans aren’t around.
Sara ScribnerNov 19, 2019
A dazzling new history of the Arctic region between the United States and Russia is leavened with sharp prose and well-informed insights.
Erika HowsareNov 2, 2019
Travis Rieder’s “In Pain” provides us with a bioethics that is not passively analytical, but peacefully agitative.
Andrew Benedict-NelsonOct 25, 2019
In his review of two recent books, Cass R. Sunstein considers what it means to be “like a dog.”
Cass R. SunsteinOct 24, 2019
Joe Osmundson lyrically deploys circuit metaphors to describe how new anti-virals are re-wiring the gay dance circuit in post-AIDS New York.
Joseph OsmundsonOct 22, 2019
Hired to write stories alongside an AI writing bot, neuroscientist Patrick House reflects on how the bot can — and can’t — write the same story that...
Patrick HouseOct 21, 2019
Morgan G. Ames on the problem of letting Silicon Valley tech elites guide conversations on child development and schooling.
Morgan G. AmesOct 18, 2019
Evan Selinger argues that Ted Chiang’s fiction is more useful for understanding the dangers of AI than “Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI.”
Evan SelingerOct 14, 2019
Vanessa Chang considers Obvious's "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" and the history of AI artistry.
Vanessa ChangOct 5, 2019
A new book tackles cultural stereotypes about masculinity and aggression.
Linda Roland DanilOct 4, 2019
In his review of O’Mara’s “The Code,” Patrick McCray describes how the federal government provided the tailwind that pushed Silicon Valley to stardom.
W. Patrick McCraySep 19, 2019