The machines are learning to think. Soon they will think better than us, faster than us, without fatigue. They will fill our spreadsheets, respond to our emails, and complete our to-do lists. The work that defined human life for generations is ending. By the year 2030, the machines will be doing 90% of the work in 90% of the jobs. And we’re left... See more

We have been an essentially colonial civilization since the first enclosed farm, since agriculture, really, but definitely since territorial wars, slavery, and resource extraction. It’s what we do - not just with imperial armies, but with basic capitalism. This is our average. Our normal. A digital media environment with algorithms and AIs... See more

Like so many technologies that came before, it seems to be here to stay; the question is not how to escape it but how to understand ourselves in its inescapable wake.

In his new book, “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is,” Justin E. H. Smith, a professor of philosophy at the Université Paris Cité, argues that “the present situation is... See more