editor's pick
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.
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?
The methadone of the people
It's tempting to imagine a future free of the opium of the people. But there's a new addiction right behind it.
It may be time to accept that we're living in a simulation
New religion incoming.
Projecting secular power into future elections
Already influential, secular voters will soon be the dominant voice in US elections, says political analyst Juhem Navarro-Rivera.
The future-history we want, and the future-history we deserve
Is it any wonder that we’re lousy at imagining any futures but complete apocalypse or vague utopia?
Solarpunk humanism: How we dream bigger than despair
Solarpunk offers a potent narrative space for imagining secular worlds to come, and how to get there.
‘Station Eleven’: From this day to the ending of the world
A thoughtful piece of art that could have been so much greater.
Literally building the future: Infrastructure as an act of secular love
When we fix a bridge or give someone better healthcare, we’re saying that this life and this world are worth protecting.
Climbing the Kardashev ladder: How civilization survives
The power to control ever-greater amounts of energy is a hallmark of civilization’s progress, and humanity is poised to take the next big step.
Could the rise of the nonreligious defuse the population bomb?
The UN estimate of Earth’s human population has flown past eight billion. Can less religion slow the explosion?