What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?
There is so little fresh surface water on Earth that if you collected it all into a ball, it would barely reach across New York City. Running water is a miracle — but the technology that brings it to us and takes the waste away is actually thousands of years old. The only barrier to staying hydrated today is political will.
The traditional selling point of the suburbs: they’re nature preserves for Living, set apart from the real world. What if we made them little fiefdoms instead?
It’s not enough to remove roadblocks — you have to want to drive.
What matters is whether building projects actually follow the law, not whether they promise to in advance.
Why it takes a disaster to build fast
Massachusetts is one of the richest states in the country — because it’s pricing out its own middle class. Why did the state stop building enough to house them?
