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We Need To Rewild The Internet
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon
A Single Small Map Is Enough For A Lifetime
What if this bog-standard corner of England is actually full of adventure, nature, wildness, surprises, silence, perspective — if only I bothered to go out and look?
by Alastair Humphreys
AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class
AI doesn’t have to be a job destroyer. It offers us the opportunity to extend expertise to a larger set of workers.
by David Autor
The Secret, Magical Life Of Lithium
One of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe has given us treatments for mental illness, ovenproof casserole dishes and electric cars. But how much do we really know about lithium?
by Jacob Baynham
Living In A Lucid Dream
Recent research on lucid dreams suggests that consciousness exists along a spectrum between sleep and waking, between hallucination and revelation, between dreamworlds and reality.
by Claire L. Evans
The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think
The rhetoric over “superhuman” AI implicitly erases what’s most important about being human.
by Shannon Vallor
China In 2035
China’s youthful urbanization changed the world. What will happen as the country ages and slows down?
by Jacob Dreyer
A Digital Twin Might Just Save Your Life
Digital twins offer humankind the ability to command virtual replicas of forests, oil fields, cities, supply chains — and even, maybe one day, our very bodies.’
by Joe Zadeh
What Feral Children Can Teach Us About AI
What can we learn about AI from the rare children who grew up untouched by human language or society?
by John Last
The War On Weeds
Pesticides and herbicides made from fossil fuels that are freely available to unwitting consumers poison our land, our bodies and life all around.
