What Will Happen When We All Live Forever
According to Peter Xing, founder of Transhumanist Australia, "It's very poetic to say there is a narrative arc with life and death. But it's a social construct."
How Digital Storage Is Changing the Way We Preserve History
Ancient hieroglyphics and scrolls have survived centuries, but digital storage is fragile.
Your Life Will Be Better If You Give Up Your Phone
I believe in the power of technology and my understanding of culture is rooted in the internet, yet by not having an iPhone, I feel exempt from everyone else's bullshit.
I Went to an Art Show About the Internet to See if I'd 'Get' the Internet Art
Since we now mainly use technology to judge ourselves, and because technology has made me cripplingly self-aware, I figured the show might teach me a couple of things about myself.
Reggie Watts Works for Weirdo High School Kids Everywhere
The virtuoso comedian-cum-actor-cum-musician-cum-bandleader opens up about his desire to help shape the future of technology and the world we live in.
Why I Ghosted My Boyfriend and My Best Friends
We talked so much online that we became unable to deal with the emotional fallout of our lives in person.
How Our Reliance on Technology is Making Us Easier to Scam
It's not just the gullible or greedy who are easily swindled.
We Asked Random People for Unqualified Predictions About 2016
Maybe humanity will get its shit together, maybe it won't, maybe this rock we call home will keep spinning for billions of years and this year, like all other, will be essentially meaningless.
What Life Will Look Like After the Robots Steal All Our Jobs
Most people hate their jobs anyway. Why not kick your feet up and let a robot do it for you?
Wikipedia's Co-Founder Is Wikipedia's Most Outspoken Critic
"People that I would say are trolls sort of took over. The inmates started running the asylum."