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Journey into a future shaped by creativity, critical thought, and secular habits of mind. Help shape what’s next!
Beyond nostalgia: Why America's next chapter demands forward thinking
Yearning to return to a golden age that never existed will not meet the challenges ahead.
How selecting for Harvard in utero could go sideways
As long as our culture equates wealth and success with human value, this practice is inevitable. But it could easily go wrong.
Why there won’t be a religious revival
No religion alive today is fit for a future revival.
Glimpses of the solarpunk future
As William Gibson said, the future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed. We already possess technologies that could create a world that's more sustainable, prosperous and equitable than the world as it is today. What's holding us back is that those technologies
'Shut it all down': The ethics and risks of AI
A philosopher and an AI expert explore the potential pitfalls and benefits of artificial intelligence. An ongoing series.
How the Electoral College dies
There is a real chance that future elections will take place without the red-and-blue map of the Electoral College. Here's how it could happen.
Good robots, bad robots, and the future of work
You say 'the robots will take our jobs' like it's a bad thing.
One life: Imagining a radical acceptance of death
Could a future religion in which death is final create a real utopia?
Are brewpubs and tasting rooms the churches of the future?
As churches vanish, your local brewpub may help satisfy the need for human communion.
The emptying of Florida
Many Floridians currently fleeing Hurricane Milton are unlikely to return. It may be the first big step in the predicted near-emptying of the climate-exposed peninsula.
I still want to go to Mars, but not if Elon Musk punches the ticket
It's bad enough what Musk does on Earth. I don't want him controlling my oxygen supply.
The problem with eternity
Thinking 500 or 10,000 or a million years in the future is hard enough. Yet some people toss around eternity as if they understand it.
