A reply to Katherine Boyle's “The Great Tech–Family Alliance”| The New Atlantis
The disconnect between what technologists say they are doing and the effects on society of what they in fact do has long been a rich source of fodder for social observers and technology critics. Katherine Boyle’s recent remarks on the family and technology offer yet another example of the practice. In her efforts to craft a narrative of technology as potential handmaiden to the American family, she begins by contrasting the family with the state. This is an artful dodge, as her invocation o...| The New Atlantis
A reply to Katherine Boyle's “The Great Tech–Family Alliance”| The New Atlantis
A reply to Katherine Boyle's “The Great Tech–Family Alliance”| The New Atlantis
North America's electrical system is a miracle, but also kind of a mess. Blackout is always closer than you think.| The New Atlantis
Why the future needs more people willing to be duped| The New Atlantis
We know how to produce clean water. Why don't we have enough of it?| The New Atlantis
Fertilization, irrigation, genetics: the three practices that let us feed the whole world for the first time in history| The New Atlantis
Introducing “How the System Works,” a series on the hidden mechanisms that support modern life| The New Atlantis
Social media is a throwback, combining the worst of prior eras of communication.| The New Atlantis
Tara Isabella Burton on Silicon Valley’s Endarkenment| The New Atlantis
Erik P. Hoel on how today’s novelists cope with their HBO anxiety| The New Atlantis
Silicon Valley will only be strengthened by its present scandals unless we ask deeper questions, writes L. M. Sacasas| The New Atlantis
Documents show how MAID helps the poor and disabled to a “beautiful” death| The New Atlantis
Nicholas Carr on bringing America's spirit of the common good to online governance| The New Atlantis
