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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Energy •
Health Care •
Military •
Law •
Infrastructure •
Political Philosophy •
Innovation •
Privacy •
Technocracy and Expertise •
Regulation •
Public Health •
All

Essay | Spring 2025

Spring 2025

  • Charles C. Mann

A Spring in Every Kitchen

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.

From: How the System Works

Charles C. Mann

Essay | Winter 2025

Winter 2025

  • Clare Coffey

Make Suburbia Weird

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?

Clare Coffey

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Addison Del Mastro

Towns, cities, architecture, transit, and street plans the way we used to build

From: What We Should Build

Addison Del Mastro

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Andrew T. Barker

Houses, a chip factory, anything really in place of Portland’s Hillsboro Airport

From: What We Should Build

Andrew T. Barker

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Brian Potter

Chains of geothermal power stations to keep the Yellowstone supervolcano from destroying modern civilization (and get a lot of clean power too)

From: What We Should Build

Brian Potter

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Tristan Abbey

What Permitting Reform Can’t Fix

It’s not enough to remove roadblocks — you have to want to drive.

From: Why We Don’t Build

Tristan Abbey

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Michael Catanzaro

We Don’t Need This Much Permitting

What matters is whether building projects actually follow the law, not whether they promise to in advance.

From: Why We Don’t Build

Michael Catanzaro

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Aidan Mackenzie

If We Can Do It In Baltimore…

Why it takes a disaster to build fast

From: Why We Don’t Build

Aidan Mackenzie

Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Joseph Lawler

Mass. Exodus

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?

From: Why We Don’t Build

Joseph Lawler

Editorial | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • The Editors of The New Atlantis

The Builder Issue

The Editors of The New Atlantis

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