The bicycle rider always wants a car, Kevin Kelly reminds us in What Technology Wants. But the car won't make him happier—and if what technology wants is autonomy, it may be advised against the pursuit of happiness. Read More »
Reviewing Reality is Broken, Jane McGonigal's manifesto of gaming for a better world, Ian Bogost realizes that he likes the messy, repellent, stunning reality we've got. Read More »
French-Canadian kids doing anthropology in the midst of our broken future, contending with the vague stirrings of paleotechnology. Video after the jump. Read More »
A justly celebrated viral video celebrates Carl Sagan's hopes for the future of humankind—a good bet, but by no means a sure one. Video after the jump. Read More »
This space-saving bicycle parking system proves that the future is not only unevenly distributed, but elsewhere. Read More »
"Imagination... must not be underestimated as a valuable means to advance knowledge towards new frontiers," say the authors of a new study on the possible consequences of the discovery of extraterrestrial life; we couldn't agree more. Read More »
A documentary that helps us glimpse one of modernity's unlikeliest and most enticing of possible ends: the open-source cracking-open of industrial society. Read More »
In the age of the ebook, a ruminative turn to the inner work of building palaces of memory. Read More »
An international group of scientists proposes a "knowledge collider" to bring supercomputing to bear on social problems. While crunching the numbers won't be a problem, figuring out what they mean will prove more challenging. Read More »
During next week's CES, you'll rarely hear a single word about why you should really care about the devices debuting there... but is that really so surprising when even the electronics makers at CES can't answer as simple a question as why their gadgets matter? Read More »
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