Science & Technology

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

Video Games, Capitalism, and Dreams: An Interview with Alfie Bown
Łukasz Muniowski talks to Alfie Bown about video games, VR, psychoanalysis, and his new book, “The Playstation Dreamworld.”
Łukasz MuniowskiNov 16, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
Zeitgeist to Obsolete: Rewinding the Walkman’s Inverted Cinderella Story
The Walkman revolutionized music listening, creating personal experiences in public spaces.
Carissa StoltingNov 12, 2017
The Organ of the Universe: On Living with Tinnitus
Alex Landragin on tinnitus as a burden and an existential clarion call.
Alex LandraginNov 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
Electronic Literature’s Contemporary Moment: Breeze and Campbell’s “All the Delicate Duplicates”
James O’Sullivan finds magic and meaning in “All the Delicate Duplicates,” a work of electronic literature by Mez Breeze and Andy Campbell.
James O’SullivanNov 7, 2017
- Fiction
- Science & Technology
Pirates, Democracy, and the Digital Revolution
Roslyn Fuller considers the Pirate Party's recent success in Iceland and whether it could signal a new path in American politics.
Roslyn FullerNov 7, 2017
A Mutable Cloud: On “Dark Ecology” and “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays”
Jennifer Peterson on books by Paul Kingsnorth and Timothy Morton.
Jennifer PetersonNov 4, 2017
Waiting for the End of the World
On the Unabomber, the Dark Mountain Project, and the back-to-nature movement.
Ron HoganNov 4, 2017
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Female Code Warriors
Two new books on female codebreakers.
Joseph PeschelOct 28, 2017
A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction
Why should computer science students read "The Circle"?
Dan RockmoreOct 19, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
Darwinian Sexual Selection and the Politics of Beauty
Ethan Linck reviews Richard O. Prum's "The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World — and Us."
Ethan LinckOct 2, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Science & Technology
Hiding in Plain View: The Past and Present of Manipulative Advertising
Sixty years after Vance Packard’s “The Hidden Persuaders,” the persuaders are out in the open.
Mark BartholomewSep 24, 2017
Where’s the Great “Climate Change Novel”? A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh
Steve Paulson interviews author Amitav Ghosh on contemporary fiction’s failure to grapple with climate change.
Steve PaulsonSep 22, 2017