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Tony Wolf
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One life: Imagining a radical acceptance of death

Could a future religion in which death is final create a real utopia?

Dale McGowan
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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.

Marcus Johnson
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It may be time to accept that we're living in a simulation

New religion incoming.

Juhem Navarro-Rivera
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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.

M L Clark
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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?

M L Clark
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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.

Evan Stewart
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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.

Adam Lee
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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.

Andrew Fiala
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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?

Alix Jules
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‘Cementing bias in a flower-scented maze’: A.I. and the eternal digital footprint

Artificial intelligence is big business, and it’s not going away.

Jonathan MS Pearce
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The saved and the damned of Proxima Centauri B

How might Christianity work intelligent alien life into their worldview? Did everyone get a Jesus?

Captain Cassidy
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AI: The newest squirrel distracting evangelicals from their own decline

Evangelicals have expressed both dread regarding AI’s popularity and power, and excitement about its potential to turn around their decades-long decline.