Collection of essays, on Japan, the West, and India. an important comparison by India's Nobel Prize Winner.

They force you to look at the world the way an AI does

Who hacked The DAO in 2016, diverting 3.6 million ether? We identify the apparent hacker — he denies it — by following a complicated trail of crypto transactions and using a previously undisclosed privacy-cracking forensics tool.

Shutting access to apps in the aftermath of sanctions against Russia holds a mirror to the strategic risks of dependency on foreign tech providers. EPISODE #63

Individuality will dissolve into mindless conformity

Sex positivity has created a cult of celibacy

Sanctions have shown that currency reserves accumulated by central banks can be taken away. With China taking note, this may reshape geopolitics, economic management and even the international role of the U.S. dollar.

A GUI is how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as destroying the art of writing.

Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for.

President Nicolas Maduro is proposing taking over protected land and turning small towns into the nation’s first “communal city.”

From a tortoise that saved his species by having lots of sex to killings attributed to a Frank Sinatra song, “Depths of Wikipedia” digs up the most bizarre Wiki facts.

Is diamond harder than steel? Does 2 + 2 = 4? Sure. But there are some statements that we can’t evaluate as either true or false. Some of them are…View Post

Neither psychology nor anthropology fully understand love: only history sees that it’s all about the time and the telling

These tiny living robots can now replicate and evolve—and be put to work.

Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.

The harrowing story of how an elderly woman's body was left undiscovered for two years sparked a debate in Italy about loneliness.

A CAPTCHA that filters out humans. An app for deepfaking yourself. Damjanski’s artwork delights and intrigues at the intersection of art, culture, and the internet. Here’s what he’s diving into now.