The Trouble with Big Science
Jim Kozubek on the potential problems of profiteering in biotech.
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Moody Genes
Taylor Beck reads Stephen P. Hinshaw's "Another Kind of Madness" through the lens of his own history with mental illness.
“Star Trek: Discovery” and the Dream of Future Fuels
Karen Pinkus contemplates “Star Trek: Discovery” and the future of fuel.
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.”
Zeitgeist to Obsolete: Rewinding the Walkman’s Inverted Cinderella Story
The Walkman revolutionized music listening, creating personal experiences in public spaces.
The Organ of the Universe: On Living with Tinnitus
Alex Landragin on tinnitus as a burden and an existential clarion call.
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.
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.
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.
Waiting for the End of the World
On the Unabomber, the Dark Mountain Project, and the back-to-nature movement.
Female Code Warriors
Two new books on female codebreakers.
A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction
Why should computer science students read "The Circle"?
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