Technology

The 20th-Century Technological Debate That Foretold Our 21st-Century Fears

Andrew Smith on the Competing Predictions of Edsger Dijkstra and Douglas Engelbart

 
By Andrew Smith  August 4, 2021
Events

No Billionaires Detected: What It Was Like to Walk on the Moon in the Summer of 1971

By Earl Swift  July 21, 2021
Technology

On Artificial Intelligence, White Supremacy, and the Military-Industrial Complex

By Yarden Katz  December 18, 2020
Technology

Are Travel Subscriptions and Drone Taxis the Future of Transportation?

By John Rossant and Stephen Baker  December 13, 2019
Technology

Gary Shapiro, Tech Optimist, Talks to a Tech Pessimist

By Keen On  June 21, 2019
Technology

Where Are the Likes? Coming to Terms with Being a Writer on Social Media

By Nick Ripatrazone  August 31, 2017

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