Tech and Society

"Futurism tells us more about the present than the future" --@mattwridley nails it

“It’s Time to Build,” says Venture Capitalist Marc Andreesen. He’s not wrong. But the summons to create and to break through complacency can only go so far if we do not heed another summons before, after, and alongside it: “It’s Time to Inspire.” In another moment, riffing on Heidegger, I might have said, “It’s Time to Dwell.” But Dwelling sounds a... See more

The political scientist Henry Farrell has argued that we’ve had artificial intelligences before in the form of markets and states. A market is just a big information-processing, decision-making device. So, in a funny way, anytime I see that something costs $4.99 and I pay it, I’m giving up a kind of autonomy to the force of the market, right? I’m n... See more

How will future historians describe our era?

We’re the guinea pig generation when it comes to technology. We’re at the cusp of this transformation that, in the grand scheme of things, has only just started.

It has already reshaped everything, from social norms to how we navigate our careers. We’ve embraced technology in such an unbridled way. That’... See more