Uncovering the political and philosophical aspirations of the scientific enterprise
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
You say “jetpacks,” I say “cabin in the woods,” let’s call the whole thing off.
The right’s new love of technological progress isn’t a good enough answer to the left’s progressive ideology. What are they both missing?
“Accelerationism” is an overdue corrective to years of doom and gloom in Silicon Valley.
Three ways we think about science flourishing — or getting stuck
Here lies a beloved friend of social harmony (ca. 1500–2000). It was nice while it lasted.
The retreat from time is not a winning answer to our tech malaise.
Cheese, curry, beer: We can thank our ancestors who put food scraps to creative use. What we’re leaving our children is garbage.
