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AI will be the death of the internet
The future of the internet is a lifeless wasteland. But what comes after that could be wild.
Live good lives now: A path forward in the shadow of Trump II
A counterintuitive strategy for persevering in the face of a political nightmare.
Triumph of the feels
Our UK contributor looks at the American disaster with recently acquired humility.
Heading into the dark
This too shall pass.
A brief history of temporary dictatorships
The best time to learn how authoritarianism works is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Forget the crystal spires—this is what cities of the future should be
The future is black and green.
The dangerous missing piece in the coming election
It's not just about courtesy.
Morality is a technology to build a better world
It’s not just material technologies that make our lives better. Civilization is also a collection of moral technologies.
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
