Science, as we have come to it, is about innovation and the way forward. It may be defined both as a process and as an outcome – the process of obtaining knowledge and the knowledge that is obtained. Thomas Kuhn, a Physicist and historian of Science, hints at this duality when he says that Science is “the constellation of facts, theories and methods collected in current texts”, while “scientists are the men (and women) who, successfully or not, have striven to contribute one or another element to that particular constellation.”
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Along the way, after getting smartphones and voice-controlled assistants, we've lost the plot. Perhaps embracing offline-first technology will help us find it.
A code of solidarity.
The metaverse could reform industries and societies. This potential was recognized at a state level when Shanghai included metaverse in its 5-year plan.
In one town, police say products like Nextdoor and Ring are helping fight crime. But racism and vigilantism are pervasive on safety platforms.
Like feudalism and divine right monarchy before it, the creator economy (at least, in its current, highly centralized form) is experiencing a legitimacy crisis.
While many of the ideas conjured today are outlandish, real use cases are likely to appear in the near future.
The failure to recognize the Black Pterodactyl event means we run from fearful attack to fearful attack.
Through millennia of plagues, wars, and natural disasters, cities have borne witness to and magnified human suffering and death.
Fans of History Channel series The Curse of Oak Island probably know the name Samuel Ball.
An economic perspective on how society allows a social contract to build entrepreneurs.
"Tyranny without the tyrant" - Hannah Arendt
Sex, money, tech and power. OnlyFans, a social media platform created to share explicit content against tips, finds a way to merge all four.
Bugmen are what we get when a culture is infantilized and stripped of the very intellectual, philosophical and honourable fibre that once made it great.
Exploring the parallels between the cult classic The Matrix and our screen-dominated reality.
When we’ve said it all, there may be a lot left unsaid
When we seek to understand consequences of our actions and the hidden complexity that underlies them we can make better decisions. One set of decisions that everyone participates in throughout life is choice of diet. The impact of what we consume on a daily basis is often only felt many years later — and can be an accident of birth.
A world where the future of humanity can be predicted through an interdisciplinary science called psychohistory! A data scientist's review of Foundation Series.
As I get older, something that becomes abundantly clear is that no one has any clue what the hell is going on.
The world post-pandemic wants real change and Web3 offers new advances to build a better future.
Hackers are also ordinary people who fear, worry, and feel ashamed of their atrocities
There are no guarantees the future will hold the same values as us, so what right do we have to encode ours upon them?
2020 has been a hotbed of political and social debates. Curious, I got out my python script, scraped some academic data and set out to find what the Sociologists are talking about in September 2020.
Errors and atrocities happen when hunting for incentives, and humans manipulate the rules, ravaging natural, moral, or cultural ecosystems.
Innovation is a critical driver of economic growth and societal progress. But worryingly, tech innovation has been slowing for decades.
You need to know when your AirTaxi pickup time is. You think for a moment and the answer pops into your mind in less than a few milliseconds. You suddenly remember to catch up with your friend over in Shanghai and you reach out to him. A flood of joy washes over your mind as the connection is established. He allows you to traverse through his feelings and of a recent holiday as you connect with each other. A virtual message notification pops up in front of your eyes but intuitively, you will it to go away. You feel the AirTaxi landing outside and start walking towards it, through automatic doors, and allow it to carry out an invisible memory check before sitting down…
The precariat is a class of socially unsettled people who do not have full guaranteed employment.
Two ways to make money in software: bundling and unbundling. Centralized socials polarized views and fueled tribalism. Socializing is about to go vertical
Tech is a balancing act between two value systems (cash and humanity) and it can never not be. Here's why:
