How can we shape our world to be more antifragile?

A quick exploration on what has been called 'presentism' (Douglas Rushkoff) or the never ending present. How does this influence our longer term perspective and our ability to make sense?

David Gunn, former director of the NYC Transit Authority, tells of his strategy for ridding the subway of its infamous (and ubiquitous) graffiti in 1989.

The complexities of the human body are humbling, even in an era of self-assembly technologies like autonomous cars and 4D printing.

Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.

According to Rob Hopkins, the solution to peak oil and climate change is implementing a community model based on self-sufficiency, resilience and harnessing the unlimited power of human creativity.

A creative Berliner looking for a challenge also finds community in post-revolutionary Egypt where chaos is but one story among many.

In Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Taleb gives us a handbook on seeing things coming, by spotting the fragile, and conversely advocating in favor of people, organizations and ways of thinking, that are more than merely robust—they are antifragile.

The informal economy thrives on chaos and ambiguity, so it’s no surprise that with today’s landscape it is providing new jobs, products, services and platforms at speeds and in places the formalized economy can’t bend to reach.

Responsible design requires thinking ahead, outside of the realm of today’s definition of normalcy, and bravely facing the risks head-on. Anab Jain of Superflux shares her curiosity for the near-future, superdensity and the power of suspended disbelief.