Society

Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent.

Design strategy studio, MADO, sees unprecedented change as a creative challenge

With the possible exception of hockey games, there have been few places in our modern lives where public interactions are supposed to be coarse. If (back when we could, and soon when we can again) …

A Chinese-language guide on Github entitled “HowToLiveLonger” is trending within the Chinese tech community.

Your mileage may vary. Speeding up to get to a red light faster just wastes energy. Honking doesn’t make traffic go away. Doesn’t matter how fancy your car is, it’s not worth very…

Why Ron DeSantis’ punishment of Disney may never take effect.

How a society that is so good at creating knowledge can be so bad at applying it.

“C’mon, c’mon, c’mon…” We’re standing on one foot, impatiently waiting for the shortcut, the method, the guarantee. Skip the preamble and the analysis&#821…

The concept of a four-day working week seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. So what does it actually feel like to work a four-day week?

What a remorseful January 6 insurrectionist taught me about why we believe.

There are some problems where a useful solution is a win for everyone. But not many. Certainly not the problems that have been around for a while. If there were a win win solution, someone would ha…

How AI and automation can make a job worse than before

After years of growth, the streaming giant revealed a shock fall in subscribers. But is it really downhill from here?

The EU’s new legislation is designed to explain the web to users

The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.

One industry that we are starting to excel in where I see tremendous potential in is the technology field. The internet has dominated the world and is now the breeding ground for high growth and hi…

The idea that the tank is no longer a dominant threat on the battlefield is overblown, wrong, and almost as old as the tank itself.

Paywalls be damned!

Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren't adequate.

Joanna Chiu's book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.

Fears are rising that the boundaries of the cyber war between Russia and NATO could soon spread beyond Europe.

Studying orca poop to save the species.

In an effort to combat the unemployment and underemployment of creative workers, Hope Corps will put artists to work on public projects.

How we made our world for cars. The disastrous consequences of it and a path to the future.