Technology

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

Three of the most prominent thinkers, doers and observers of society today discuss the second wave of connectivity, post-mass society and the importance of individual curiosity and stroking each other’s coats.

Boris Anthony and Hugh McGuire discuss how much more might be possible when we truly bring books to digital.

Alchemy is either the foundation of modern science or a grand mystic delusion induced by mercury fumes. Can new understandings of ancient ways show us how interconnectedness can exist in harmony with scientific mastery?

3D printing is here to stay, but exactly in what form and for how long is the bigger question. As designers of the future we have a responsibility to embrace new making, but we should ensure that we aren’t swept along with the hype.

The sharks and cult leaders of Silicon Valley’s sharing economy want you to believe they’re doing something new. Truth is, when it comes to workers’ rights, they’re as old-school as it gets.

Beyond the headlines of targeted killings and privacy issues lies a story of a technology rife with possibility as it enters into our everyday life, for better or for worse.

The algorithm that made Bitcoin possible provides a handy fix for the all-too-human problem of trust. Imagined to its extreme, it might make possible the libertarian’s wet dream: the end of the nation state. Gulp.

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.