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On the Modern Project

Uncovering the political and philosophical aspirations of the scientific enterprise

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Essay | Fall 2024

Fall 2024

  • Yuval Levin

For Whom Shall We Build?

Marc Andreessen wants us to go faster. But what does that matter if nobody’s left in the car?

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Yuval Levin

Review | Summer 2024

Summer 2024

  • Charles T. Rubin

Virtual Reality Reboots History

The American dream has always meant living in our own fantasy worlds. Maybe it’s time to really go for it.

Charles T. Rubin

Essay | Summer 2024

Summer 2024

  • Ari Schulman

Open Wallets, Empty Hearts

Effective altruism asked us to do more good by becoming less human.

Ari Schulman

Review | Spring 2024

Spring 2024

  • Geoff Shullenberger

Turn on, Tune in, Write Code

How psychedelics went from counterculture to grind culture

Geoff Shullenberger

Review | Winter 2024

Winter 2024

  • Rachel Altman

Barbie vs. Botox

Transhumanism is so over. Wrinkles are so back.

Rachel Altman

Essay | Fall 2023

Fall 2023

  • Louise Liebeskind

If Scientists Were Angels

Francis Bacon has been charged with robbing science of its innocence. But what if we’ve all been reading him wrong?

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Louise Liebeskind

Essay | Fall 2023

Fall 2023

  • Ari Schulman

Who Is The New Atlantis For?

Why 20 years of throwing cold water on utopianism found an audience

From: The New Atlantis at 20

Ari Schulman

Review | Spring 2022

Spring 2022

  • Alan Rome

Sad Trek

How an exhausted liberalism killed sci-fi’s sunniest franchise

Alan Rome

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Hawthorne: Science, Progress, and Human Nature

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • Jon Askonas

How Tech Utopia Fostered Tyranny

Authoritarians’ love for digital technology is no fluke — it’s a product of Silicon Valley’s “smart” paternalism.

Jon Askonas

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