The Trouble with Technocracy
Elon Musk offers a good example of how technocrats don’t always get it right, and why trusting them with the world’s progress is risky.
Lyle Broom
· 8 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 326 posts
Communicating Science in an Era of Post-Truth
The solution seemed to be clear: educate the public and they will accept the science.
Ryan Glaubke
· 8 min read
Is the Internet Complete?
Is it possible that innovation is not only stalling in non-tech areas, but in tech itself? Could we make an argument to say that the internet itself is, in fact, complete?
Alex Smith
· 5 min read
The Scientific Importance of Free Speech
These are merely tools that help us to accomplish a far greater mission, which is to choose between rival narratives, in the vicious, no-holds-barred battle of ideas that we call “science”.
Adam Perkins
· 7 min read
What the Alt-Right Gets Wrong About Jews
To understand the alt-right’s anti-Semitism, we must understand MacDonald’s ideas, particularly as outlined in his most influential book, The Culture of Critique.
Jonathan Anomaly, Nathan Cofnas
· 10 min read
The Case for Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are currently being designed to drive for longer and in a more efficient manner than traditional, fossil fuel-burning vehicles.
Brandon J. Weichert
· 7 min read
Is There a Future for Human Spaceflight?
In this article a number of observations are discussed that point toward a human spaceflight future deeply buried in uncertainty.
Philip Backman
· 16 min read
Would You Opt for Immortality?
Michael Shermer
· 5 min read
The Google Memo: A Counterfactual Response
An employee offers an alternative take on the notorious Google Memo.
Publius
· 4 min read
Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies
In this essay, we’ll provide some background on the STEM controversy and consider multiple factors that might contribute to these sex differences.
David C. Geary and Gijsbert Stoet
· 16 min read
Lawsuit Exposes Internet Giant’s Internal Culture of Intolerance
The willingness to displace all of the other people on a panel, people who presumably worked hard to earn those speaking opportunities, displays a level of ego that is striking.
Gideon Scopes
· 12 min read
The Internet Is Not a Children’s TV Channel
The internet is not a TV station, a babysitter, a shopping mall, a kindergarten, or a support group.
Matthew Mott
· 6 min read
Nikola Tesla: The Extraordinary Life of a Modern Prometheus
The match for each, of course, is Tesla. Surprised? Most people have heard his name, but few know much about his place in modern science and technology.
Richard Gunderman
· 6 min read
Plenty of Room for AI-nxiety
Things change once we leave the world of infallible humans who can create a perfectly benevolent general intelligence.
Christopher Reuenthal
· 10 min read
Using the Blockchain to Fight Corruption
Blockchain technology has the power to render the dealings of businesses and nation states into open books, purged of secrecy and the privacy of elite cabals.
Alexander Blum
· 6 min read